The effort was worth it though. The frenetic typing at six o'clock in the morning, the exhausted encouragement of "just two more minutes", the sigh of relief when the fifteen minute timer beeped (or even better, the decision to keep typing right through it), the occasional shock of "oh my gosh, that idea ISN'T complete crap". Those moments were TOTALLY worth the effort.
And now I want to find more of those moments because I know that they're out there.
Laura, you know that the traditional "American dream" model of success has never really motivated me. The dream house fills up with junk, the new car smell fades, the big screen TV sucks away your life.
But I got so much joy out of a process that didn't cost me a penny and didn't require years of misery to earn. All because I approached this with the intention to enjoy the process, rather than hanging all of my hopes on a short-lived high of elation at the end.
What I hope to take from all of this is that I don't have to angst over the horrible question "what am I going to do with my life?". There are millions of ways that I could choose to spend my time and in the end which ones I choose probably won't matter that much. What matters is what I bring to that chosen activity NOW, not what I hope that activity will bring to me maybe, someday."
"Sara"
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