Nov 30 2008
The Final Countdown
I undertook the challenge on a whim, but I finished it out and I’m incredibly proud of myself. NaBloPoMo, at least for this month, is over. I’m kind of looking forward to the day where I don’t glance at the clock, mutter curse words under my breath, and then realize that I have to post to the blog.
Of course, I’m also kind of thinking that I might miss it, much like I loved/hated/missed daily posting at Living Corpse once I stopped updating it.
As big of a pain as it’s been, I’ve really enjoyed posting more here. To be able to just write about whatever hits me, if anything. And if nothing hits me, it was nice to just kind of muse out loud about blogging and get all the feedback and see all the shares and hits and whatnot from other bloggers when I happen to accidentally mumble out something profound. That’s meant a lot.
The one thing that this has shown me is that I should probably make more time for this blog, and more time to write things for myself, rather than just work all the time. Has it taken energy? Sure, of course it has. Am I looking forward to a day or two off? You know it. Has it been incredibly rewarding and good for me from a mental and emotional standpoint? Totally.
I won’t be posting every day in December. I will be posting more often, though. I really hope I continue to write good posts when I’m not writing daily, too. If not, then I might be back at this in January.
Congratulations to fellow NaBloPoMo bloggers Holly and LeBlanc for toughing it out with me. We totally rock, guys. Next time, let’s write novels!
Bravo to you all! Maybe next year I’ll be motivated to attempt it too.
I was pleasantly surprised by how rewarding it was for me. I’m glad I did it.
Maybe next year, I’ll give it a go myself–I’ve been such a slacker about posting at my own site, it would give me a little impetus to get it done.
I’ll leave the novel-writing to you, friend, but way to go! We are truly awesome.
Congrats to us all, thanks for the shout out. The novel idea sounds interesting especially since I actually came up with a decent idea for one during this whole ordeal of NaBloPoMo.
Jade: You should! It can be a lot of fun. Or it can be horrible. Either way, it’s better than blandness.
Holly: No way, I need the peer pressure otherwise it’ll never happen.
LeBlanc: I’d ask what your idea is, but you might not want to give it away.
Shoot, I can’t even twitter everyday – I don’t know WHAT I was thinking with Nablopomo! Way to go, Ron (and Holly and Leblanc)! You totally rock!
Thanks! It was a huge PITA, but it feels good.