After a bit of hesitancy, I decided to challenge myself to do another writing challenge in October. Typically the Write 31 Days challenge is just that - a challenge to write every day in the month of October. If you are paying attention, you are probably scratching your head, because didn't I already miss October 1st and 2nd?
Yes, I did, thank you for noticing.
I've done the official Write 31 Days challenge for the past several years, and 2021 was the first year I was actually successful in posting to my blog every single day. That felt like a huge accomplishment!
In the years leading up to 2021, I felt I had to keep trying until I had completed a successful challenge - and now that I've done it, I feel the pull to participate in an October challenge just for the fun of it. I find that putting that little bit of pressure on myself to post every day gets me back in the practice of writing after the usually slack summer months. It sparks alot of creativity for me with photography as well as writing, and when I devote a little more time to those two things, it's life-giving in it's own way.
That's the bottom line. Getting back into writing and noticing my surroundings for photos, for the purpose of these October challenges, gives me joy. That's a good enough reason to participate, even if I've already got a "failing" start to the month.
Since I did miss the first days of the month, I'm thinking of modifying my personal version of the challenge to posting every weekday in October, and taking the weekends off. Here is my tentative topic outline:
Mondays: A homemaking topic (excepting today).
Tuesday: Tea On A Tuesday - A chatty post written over a cup of tea. Feel free to steal that title and join me on Tuesdays.
Wednesday: A catch-all day (Wednesday Fives, random topic posts).
Thursday: Homeschool topics.
Friday: Another freebie day, possibly a Five-Minute Friday post as a challenge.
Saturday/Sunday: If I post on the weekends, it will probably be quick links of interesting or challenging videos/posts/podcasts.
If there is anything specifically that you are interested in reading about, please let me know! Post ideas are always welcome. And if you decide to challenge yourself to write in October, even if you're starting an imperfect challenge like me, let me know so I can keep up with your posts too!
I am glad you're doing the writing challenge no matter how imperfect yours ends up being. I was actually thinking of doing something similar to this- trying to write a blog post a day and then realized that I would likely stress out too much about it to make it worthwhile. BUT, I love it when other bloggers whom I enjoy following/ reading do the challenge. I may join you on the topic of Tea on Tuesday but I likely won't get around to posting on Wednesday. I'm such a slow writer; that is one reason that I knew trying to write a post a day would be too laborious for me and I'd end up stressed out about it.
So glad you're participating, Callie! I hope it is life-giving for you and your creativity! :-)
Glad you're doing the challenge. I'm also doing mine "imperfectly" (I.e. not everyday) but I'm happy to be writing again after not doing so for a long time. So, I'd say we're winning :) I like your weekday themes - may join you on some of them. Thanks for sharing
Post a Comment