I woke up today and realized I fell asleep last night before slicing. I was disappointed and thought this challenge was over. For a small moment I thought I wouldn't do slice anymore. That wasn't very wise mind thinking. I realized it's over for winning a prize at the end and while I love the chance for a freebie, I don't need anything tangible in my life. I'm actually in the middle of trying to purge things in my crawl space as I write.
I need the internal things this challenge will bring. I need to keep working on my writing habit. I need to keep looking and simmering with moments. I need a routine for writing. I need the feedback and and connection with others around my writing. I feel joy reading other slices and all of these things are internal needs. So, I share my oops and my thinking around sticking with it with probably two slices today. I do like keeping up with things and having my numbers all in alignment.
Excellent growth mindset thinking and inner motivation. Routine, habit, practice, feedback, connection and joy - you list many wonderful outcomes of writing during March and on.
ReplyDeleteYou are so right. The challenge is not about winning prizes. It's about fulfilling our own needs as writers, including connecting with other writers. By deciding to not give up, you have given yourself the greatest prize of all.
ReplyDeleteI love your solution to having numbers aligned: just slice twice! I'm so sorry you fell asleep last night without slicing though. It's so disappointing when we trying to do something daily to break the chain when we don't intend to. This is one reason I try to be a morning slicer: later in the day, I know I'm going to forget! Glad you showed up today planning to stick with it, though. So much good comes out of this challenge for us as writers and teachers, I think.
ReplyDeleteInternal rewards of this challenge are the important ones, aren't they? It's about this time every year that I wonder how on earth I can possible keep this up for 24 more days! Here's to reaping the joy of slicing together, in spite of the oops.
ReplyDeleteGood for you! It's not an all or nothing thing for me either. Internal rewards are so much more...rewarding:) I'll have to work on my word choice- keep calm and slice on!
ReplyDelete"...looking and simmering with moments" is always one of my biggest takeaways from this challenge. That and creating that daily habit of just writing. We are all winners when we do that!
ReplyDeleteI had a dramatic thing happen one March and I did not slice one night. I was SO MAD that I broke my streak and remainded MAD so I did not continue. I was wrong. This connection brings me joy and even if I had a hiccup so what. Welcome to life. You will be doing good things for yourself and for your slicing community. Get back on it! Cheers.
ReplyDeleteIf you fell asleep, you needed to sleep. I'm glad you will continue.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you got past thinking the challenge was over because you missed a day! I'm with you, the challenge helps me work on my writing habit, gets me into the constant state of composition, and pushes me to write even when it seems like I have nothing to say. I look forward to your next slices...
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