So, before signing on to something, I ruminate over it: Does this jive with what I know and believe? Does this fit with who I am as a person or who I want to be? Will this end up being the "one more thing," or will this be time well spent?
For years I had wanted to be part of a book club, but the commitment to reading (an adult) book every month, and giving up an evening a month, was more than I thought I could manage. Where did the book club fall on the scale of "time value"? I finally joined one last year, as time opened up with my kids now grown. I have found that the friends in the club bring breadth to my world, and the reading the same. I was late to the game, but it was worth jumping in.
The SOL March commitment was similar for me. I was interested in writing daily, since I consider myself a perpetual fledgling writer, but I was reluctant to commit to managing the posts, and writing daily, and publicly.
The tipping point to committing was when I read some posts of colleagues and realized that this was truly a community. Writing daily for an audience does fit in with who I want to be and who I am as a person. I am confident it will be time well spent. I am looking forward to the commitment, and to growing through it.
Same here! I actually signed up last year but my own trepidation kept me from writing a single entry. I'm looking at it as an opportunity to practice my own writing volume and to become a more astute observer of this life. Best of luck to you!
ReplyDeleteTo you as well!
DeleteI should probably ruminate a bit more before jumping in to lots of things. I’m close to retirement and feel really tired these past few years. I worried I’d regret not committing to the SOL challenge this year, so here I am. Now I feel I have to see the commitment through, and I’m not sure I want to. It’s not because I can’t think of things to write. I write often and have lots of topics.
ReplyDeleteLet's hope that it grows us both.
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