IWSG: The Only Way to Fail...
It's the first Wednesday of the month, which means hundreds of us will be posting about our insecurities. This month I'm a co-host, which means I get to help Ninja Warrior Alex out! It also means a lot of new people will be stopping by (*waves*).
Many of us are still recovering from the whirlwind that was this:
The goal of A to Z is to make new friends and have fun. Oh, and to challenge ourselves to blog every day.
As usual, not everyone made it to the end of the challenge. Some stopped at A. Some never made it past D. Many others dropped out along the way. That's okay...
People feel that they've "failed" if they don't make it all the way to Z. I feel they succeeded the day they published their "A" posts.
The same thing goes for National Novel Writing Month in November. Thousands of people sign up to try to write an entire novel in a month. Some people never sign up at all. Why?
Some make it to day 5 or day 10 or even day 20 and stop for whatever reason. They see themselves as failures. Failures. Despite the fact that by mere virtue of trying, they now have thousands--maybe even tens of thousands--of words they wouldn't have had otherwise. They can then keep writing in December, January, and beyond and have a full manuscript much more quickly than they would have.
Don't be afraid to set lofty goals. Then reach for those goals with all you have. Do your best...you can't fail as long as you try.
Many of us are still recovering from the whirlwind that was this:
The goal of A to Z is to make new friends and have fun. Oh, and to challenge ourselves to blog every day.
As usual, not everyone made it to the end of the challenge. Some stopped at A. Some never made it past D. Many others dropped out along the way. That's okay...
People feel that they've "failed" if they don't make it all the way to Z. I feel they succeeded the day they published their "A" posts.
The same thing goes for National Novel Writing Month in November. Thousands of people sign up to try to write an entire novel in a month. Some people never sign up at all. Why?
Some make it to day 5 or day 10 or even day 20 and stop for whatever reason. They see themselves as failures. Failures. Despite the fact that by mere virtue of trying, they now have thousands--maybe even tens of thousands--of words they wouldn't have had otherwise. They can then keep writing in December, January, and beyond and have a full manuscript much more quickly than they would have.
Don't be afraid to set lofty goals. Then reach for those goals with all you have. Do your best...you can't fail as long as you try.
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