I had my last long-form writing class this week and now I am unleashed into the wild!
I enjoyed it so much and our teacher was/is so amazing. She’s offered to continue to help us through writing/editing our pieces even after class has finished. All my classmates agreed that Aish created such a such a safe and empowering space and I feel like I’ve been given the tools and anchors to continue with my piece.
I can’t believe how fast time is going by. Maybe it’s a sign of me having fun! It’s already been 4 months since I left the corporate world and even if externally the changes don’t seem too big, internally I feel vastly different. Everyday I am shifting myself a little more to worrying less and doing more. Everyday I am trying to just write something. Get something down on paper. Practice, practice, practice.
This week and next week are both going to be dedicated to the legal project I am working on but I’ve set a deadline for the first draft of my Book People piece which is Aug 31. I am accountable to Aish so I can’t keep procrastinating on it. It’s good to have an external deadline. I generally like to think of myself as a person who is very self-motivated but I think paid work deadlines will always naturally take priority so having to be accountable to someone else for my on writing puts some pressure on me to get it done. My plan is to spend the last week of August working on the piece. I hope when I sit down to write it, it will come fast since everything has been marinating in my head.
Yesterday I completed a huge chunk of my legal project so I am happy about that. I will continue to chip away at it but at least I feel less overwhelmed about it now which is good.
Onwards!