It’s the one thing I don’t have to think a lot about and as someone who thinks far too much, that’s a welcome relief. What is important is the feeling I get from writing. It’s a happy coincidence that I’m capable of putting a sentence together but it’s not the most important thing. I know that I don’t have to be good at writing to enjoy it. I won’t look stupid by blurting out the first thing that comes into my head as so often happens. I can do it in my own time and when I feel like I have something to say. I can pause to check things and look things up. What this challenge has taught me is that I have opinions that I am able to get across in an informed and calm way. I’ve always done better with text than other forms of communication. It’s why I sometimes prefer to have conversations over WhatsApp or Messenger. That isn’t as easy in speech means things can escalate. You can edit a blog or an Instagram caption in the moment. Perhaps it’s because I give myself more time to think about what I’m saying. When I’m writing, that feeling goes away. Often this leads me to say things without thinking or say something that doesn’t make a lot of sense. I desperately don’t want to take up too much of your time so I’m going to say this thing quickly. For me, it feels like I’m stumbling over the words because I’m trying to get them out so fast. This might surprise people because I talk a lot and I talk fast which people seem to interpret as confidence or having opinions. I am very bad at explaining things or explaining what I mean.
That was important to me because I am incredibly bad at talking. I wanted to be able to express myself in the best way I knew how. I wanted to expand my writing to something beyond a snarky tweet or email. When I started the creative writing class in January, I wanted to rediscover something I’d lost. I would say I’m still quite self-conscious though so perhaps my self-esteem needs more work. I’m still growing and becoming more comfortable with myself. I can see that I’ve grown a lot since I first started this blog in 2018. As people we tend to be harder on ourselves than anyone else. It’s made me reflect on things which I don’t do enough.
Overall I think this challenge has been good for me. But stats are a bit gauche, so you’ll forgive me if I want to keep those to myself. Don’t get me wrong, it’s been really cool to see people reading the posts and the messages I’ve received about some of the pieces have been lovely. I didn’t undertake this challenge to get more views or shares of my writing. The prompt wanted me to share stats which I’m not going to do. Deciding to enrol in that course had a bigger effect than I ever expected. It also happens to be the day of my final creative writing class which is a nice coincidence. Today is the last day of the 30-day challenge.
the juiciest, most thought-provoking 31-day writing challenge. Because March is coming up soon, why not create my own set of prompts and hop on the writing train? After coming up with a balance of thought-provoking and entertaining questions, alas, I present to you.
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