Learning Lessons - Day 7

I f****d up.

When I starting writing these blog posts I had a goal to write 365 days in a row. It was really around the process of writing consistently. I’m going to write a book one day and I’ll never forget my college professor in a creative writing class say: “most people love having written, very few love the writing. So here I am choosing to love the writing.

And after 6 days the streak broke. Friday Oct. 29th I missed my first day and I only realized it the day after as I almost forgot about today too. Part of the goal is it becoming a habit, where it’s just something you do. I’m not quite there yet though.

I sat for about a minute wondering what to do.

Do I start all over?

Do I keep writing every day with this asterisk on day 7?

And then I quickly realized, of course I keep writing. As I mentioned before it’s about the process not the accomplishment of writing 365 days in a row.

And perhaps it’s the universe giving me a taste of my own medicine through this lesson. I preach to my clients to not use the “all or nothing approach”. The easy example is nutrition or exercise. Just because you splurge on sweet foods over one meal is no reason to take the whole weekend, week or month off of your game plan. Most people miss a day at the gym and beat themselves up so much that they skip the rest of the week. But what does that get us?

So here I am walking the talk.

I f****d up and I’m owning that. I’m taking responsibility and I’m getting back on the proverbial horse.