Writing Every Day

Okay, so I’m just going to come out and say it. The whole “write every day for a year” thing didn’t work out. Yeah, I know, big surprise. 

Some of you are probably disappointed. I am too. I really thought I could do it. But every once in a while I said “Well, I can skip one day.” And one day turned into two. And now here I am, realizing I haven’t written in almost a week. 

But I want to keep going. This time however, I won’t have the pressure. I’m not trying to write every day for a year, I’m just trying to write. I’m just trying to be a writer. 

I have a lot going on in my life right now. Obviously, I want writing to be part of my life. But writing every single day is just too much. So someday, maybe I will realize that I have written every day for a long time. Someday maybe it will be my career, someday I may get paid to write every day. 

But for now I’m going to focus on everything else going on around me, and make time for writing whenever I can. And if I don’t write one day, it’s not the end of the world. 

Because let’s be honest. I didn’t even last a month.