write daily

I’ve recently started writing poems again. This is something I really haven’t done since 7th or 8th grade. I mean I’ve had to write poems for school, but I haven’t done it just for my pure entertainment. I actually like it, but I’m such a perfectionist. I can’t just put it down on paper, I need to think over every single word and review it in my head first. Anyone have any advice for letting go of that habit?

Maybe if I actually finish a poem I’ll post it for you to read. :)

Yeah, I’ve got a pretty good streak going with the writing. I think it’s maybe like 11 or 12 days that I’ve written in a row. It seems like more haha. I just like to keep my writing consistent, but if I do end up missing a day it turns into 2 days, then 3, then 14….

Yesterday the two beautiful journals I ordered from Chronicle Books came, so now I have no more excuses!! They are amazing and now I am inspired to write and fill all the pages. I’m never really short of inspiration, though. It’s just actually sitting down to write that gets me.

This goal isn’t going so well. I’ve always written in a journal, but this year I really haven’t been writing much at all. I was trying to do that “21 consectutive days of whatever and it becomes a habit” thing. So I wrote 12 days in a row and now I haven’t written since August 3. I’ll get out of this funk, though… hopefully.