Lessons Learned

Lessons I’ve learned from posting daily for the past 64 days:

1. It’s tougher than you think
2. Like anything, you have to make time in your busy day to write.
3. I can find inspiration in just about anything.
4. There’s no such thing as writer’s block. It’s more “motivation” block.
5. Because I can think of a ton of things I’d like to write, but sometimes don’t have the mental toughness or patience to fight through it.
6. And really, it’s more the patience I have an issue with; since time seems to be limited lately.
7. But if I had all the time in the world, I could probably do it 365 days a year.
8. And if money wasn’t an issue, I’d do it for a living.
9. One day, I’d love to write a book; probably fiction.
10. But for now, I’ll settle with promising to write … not daily, but at least three or four times a week.

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Lessons I’ve learned from my Lenten promise:

1. It’s tougher than you think.
2. But not in the way I thought it would be tough.
3. I found I was generally apt to do good deeds without thinking twice.
4. And not take any “credit” for it.
5. Because taking “credit” or having the “spotlight” for doing something nice is not something I’ve ever  felt comfortable with.
6. So writing about something that would otherwise come natural to me seemed forced.
7. As if I was “bragging” about myself.
8. Which brings me back to that Eighth Grade version of me.
9. But I love the concept about “paying it forward.”
10. So next year, I think I’ll do the same thing … but just not write about it.

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Last one. Which feels good …

Good Deed of the Day: For lack of better words, I saved my manager’s butt today. In other words, I discovered something that, if went undiscovered would have caused a major upheaval in this new “project” we’d been working on. Not that I expect to receive any “credit” for it (see #7 above), I just feel good knowing that this little boo-boo has now been fixed.

Grateful Thought of the Day: Days off … especially since I’m off for the next couple days. Woo-hoo! This means I can spend some quality time with my niece and nephew while they’re in town! Of course, this also means that there will be tons of work for me when I return … <sigh>