
As I struggle with my Year of the Book, I cannot help but wonder how each of you is doing with your goal to make something special happen in 2011.
Are you 33 days into the new year and already reaping benefits from your focused attention? Or have you gotten a slow start and already can feel your interest waning?
My problem is neither of those two.
I show up every day and keep my commitment to write for three hours. But the work is hard and I am feeling discouraged. I spent a week working on a detailed outline for my book and even consulted with friend-turned-writing-coach, to make sure I was on track. The words and ideas flow freely in my mind, but when I sit down to write every word is a struggle and the challenge of writing meaningful sentences feels insurmountable.
Yesterday I decided that my blueprint - my outline - is all wrong. Today I feel like I am back at square one.
Is my experience the reason so many of us abandon our goals - because doing something can be hard and disappointing, and unrelenting in the amount of time and attention it requires? Maybe the experience I am having is exactly why we must name our year in honor of one very specific thing and not a long list of things we wish would happen. I'm beginning to think so.
Thirty-three days into my Year of the Book and I can't help but wonder if I have what it takes to get through the other 332 days successfully. How about you? Give me the unplugged version of how your commitment to the "Year of..." is going.
Shining off until tomorrow...