Photo From Creative Commons: Michelle Milla
https://www.flickr.com/photos/michellemilla/
<— THAT FACE.
That face completely sums up my feelings this morning when I woke up and realized that I broke the chain.
That’s right – I BROKE THE CHAIN!
For the first time all year – all 18 days so far – I had written a considerable amount. Some it even usable here or as possible material – but not yesterday.
Was I honoring MLK? No. Was I busy doing things around the house? Nope. Did I fall and hurt myself – get trapped under something heavy? Not even close.
I Just FAILED to write – anything – at all – all day. I don’t even think I wrote my name…no, not even that.
But you know what?
I am over it now and – look – you’re reading this so clearly I wrote today!
So what happens when you break the chain? You start a new one.
Hopefully with more enthusiasm and drive to not FAIL again but knowing that if you do the world will not end – you won’t lose your friends…well…not all of them. And no one will revoke you executive access to all things chocolate – that was my big worry.
The thing I have to look at is this – was this mu ONLY goal? No and I am doing just fine on those. I had a bad day. It’s over. Time to move on to today.
Yes – my writing goal for the year was to not miss any days but I did and now that I have a “miss” out of the way I can move on and look forward to a length of chain twice as long and 400 times as useful.
Why 400 times? Why not?
Coming Friday – a Preview of the comedy workshop I am starting Saturday.
Y’all keep the acorn spinnin’
What do you do you when you fail or fall short of a goal? Do you quit all together claiming it was never going to happen again or do you brush yourself off and start working on the new chain? Let me hear from ya.
Mick Holt 