Writing every day. And not just writing in general but writing a thousand words every day. That is a challenge. A challenge that I am totally up for! I’ve done it now, for a few days, and it’s really exciting. I’m learning tons. Since English is not my mother tongue, I’m learning new words, expanding my world and evolving my knowledge of the language every day now. I’m growing.
The thing I’m writing is a book. I’m writing it for an online publisher company that I signed this week. It’s exciting and I’m challenging myself in a very good way.
Challenging yourself like this is a hard balance. It easily turns into something stressful. Having a busy life with a full-time job and two small children makes it hard to reach a thousand words per day. Some days it doesn’t work. And some days you need to take a break from it. If the thing you love to do turns into something you feel like you have to do as soon as you have a break, it takes the fun out of it.