The #365 Day Challenge has its precedent in photography. Do a Google search of “What is the 365 Day Challenge?” and answers about photography from photographers rise to the top. My own inspiration doesn’t come from Google; it’s from my former employer Geoff Livingston. He took on the photography challenge the other year and produced a number of photographs that are available for purchase.
Selling Chocolate Bars
One of the activities I most dreaded as a kid were the awful fundraisers. “Here, kids, take these boxes of candy bars and sell them to your neighbors!” Everything in me recoiled. I wasn’t simply introverted; I was shy.
Writing When You Don’t Feel Like It
I don’t want to write today. I have a list of topics that could be written about, but none of them hold my attention. I really don’t want to write today.
You Work and You Wait
Some days the words come slow. The brain struggles to develop compelling strategies. On those days, I still do the work. I slog through the fuzzy brain and hope for a day, maybe not tomorrow or even next week, when the words come fast. The brain makes its connections.
Write Right Saves Hogswatch Night
11 Tips to Survive the Holidays
I work. Days without anything to fill them aren’t comforting. They cause dread. They stretch on and on and on. Vacuous, empty. A wasteland that can fill with sharp-tongued thoughts and a sense of guilt and failure.