A Truthful Assesment

I haven’t kept my word as well as I aimed to in regards to this blog. I’ve missed a lot of days recently. To be honest, I haven’t had any particularly interesting thoughts that I wanted to explore, but I wanted to make a point out of completing the practice. I believe that being consistent with your efforts will yield better results over time, but there may be a point where you reach diminishing returns to labor. There have been lots of days where I forced a couple lines out just to have something to put here. For a while I hoped to return to the form I was in earlier in the year when these posts felt interesting, and more than that, they were fun for me to put together. That day never really came. Still, I’d like to do better. I’ve said it before, but I don’t think I’ll continue this past year’s end. I’d like to do something inspired by this writing practice, I’m just not sure what that something is yet. I’d like for it to be thoughtful, helpful to a reader, and I’d like to provide a perspective that feels original. I’d like to hold myself to a higher standard and offer something a little more thorough to the universe. That’s my goal. This year, I’d give myself a C+/B-. I don’t know, maybe I’m a tough grader. Hope you’ve enjoyed the time you’ve spent with me here this year.

-J.P.