Musing over The Challenge
It’s been 10 days since I started this challenge. Up to now, I seem to be failing in living up to the daily requirement in the Fibonacci order (0, 1, 1, 2 – the day gaps); of course, I don’t want the sequence to continue.
In retrospect, I can see what stopped me in the days I missed – once it was just a tiring day, someday it was work/extended meeting, some day just plain lack of creativity. And then, there is the fear of mediocrity - uncertainty over the quality of content that I can generate on a daily basis (Do read up on Oatmeal’s view on this).
I have come to believe that perhaps the writing challenge I have undertaken is not so important as the quality of content I post. Sharing a quote, or a few photographs do not seem enough to just live up to the daily task. A fairly decent write-up takes anywhere between an hour to three hours to produce (and sometimes days if you count the breaks in between), an amount of time I can’t devote on a daily basis right now. Does it sound like giving up on the challenge? Yes and no. Yes, because in literal terms it won’t go to completion; no, because perhaps I failed to consider the practicality of such a challenge but will continue to post more often this month than ever before.
I will now focus on writing about things that I had in mind since long, some of which are lying incomplete in my drafts folder. Stay tuned.
ganeshsonawane 8:10 AM on February 13, 2013 Permalink |
I have a read a few of your posts, reminds me of a few funny resolutions which i used to make and still. Doesnt matter what happens living upto them, but as one keep acheieving tasks it definitely boosts self confidence. But remember, “Failure is not the worst outcome, Mediocrity is! “
Kartik 9:22 AM on February 13, 2013 Permalink |
True that.