Day 8/30: The 30-Day Writing Challenge
The 7-Minute Rule
I feel rushed writing this, and I don’t like it. The fact that I had to ask ChatGPT for prompts for rushed writing? Hate that even more.
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Although, it did come up with a pretty fun way to turn an unplanned evening writing routine into something salvageable: to set the timer for 7 minutes and just write. It’s 11:25 PM at the moment and I only have 35 more minutes before I break my 7-day streak, so I don’t really have a lot of wiggle room here. Of course I wish I could’ve had the time and mental capacity to write another banger (wink wink), but if I had to choose between writing nothing or writing utter garbage, I think I’d be prouder of owning the garbage than quitting out of self-imposed pressure.
Like what I sent in a text to a dear friend, “yay for bad writing!”
At the end of the day, I just want to remind myself that it matters infinitely more to me, in this season of my life especially, that I just show up. I don’t care if it’s messy, inconvenient, rushed, or unimpressive — just as long as I’m present for it.
