Monday, April 16, 2012

Not. Giving. Up.

Throughout the challenge I have noticed that my blog has been moving up the sign-up list; I started off somewhere around number 1176 (I’m not entirely positive of the exact number) and when I checked the list this afternoon I was at number 1072. So in 16 days I have moved up roughly 100 places. I assume this is due to other bloggers removing themselves from the challenge, or being removed due to non-participation.

When I first signed up I half-way expected that I would find myself removed at some point. I’ve never lasted with any structured writing program for more than a week or so. I mean to, I have good intentions, but somehow I just don’t. I signed up for the challenge in part due to getting nervous about my 30th birthday, and in part to see if I could do it.

Today’s post has been one of the hardest ones for me. I just started drawing a blank on the letter N. I was frantically googling “words that begin with n” last night in an effort to find inspiration for today’s post. On top of that, I knew that today would be really busy at work, and I have committed to a few things this week that will be keeping me pretty busy for a few hours after work today. I started to panic about my N post.

Needless to say, the thought of just skipping N crossed my mind. I began to reason that I was justifiably busy, and that I could jump right back in tomorrow with O. Maybe no one would even notice. Then I realized that M was the half-way point. I’ve already made it half-way, and it has been FUN! N has been the first letter to cause me resort to midnight googling. So I decided that I wouldn’t make it half-way only to lose to N. I decided that I would NOT be giving up.

I realized that deciding I was NOT. Giving. Up. was all well and good, but I still needed an N post. Then I realized I had it. (So I was a little slow on the up-take last night; I will plead that it was after midnight and had been a very busy weekend.) Not. Giving. Up.

So there we have it, some things are just worth not giving up on. Sure, they take time, effort, and energy, but that’s just a part of life. And things get better, they really do. I have ideas for quite a few of the letters coming up, and I will come up with something for the ones I don’t have ideas for yet. I will not give up to a single letter of the alphabet. I am Not. Giving. Up. As Winston Churchill once said, “Never, never, never, never give up.”

6 comments:

  1. I agree with you and have a lot of respect for Churchill too. Dark, dark days and he refused to give up; inspiration to all.

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  2. Good for you. Never nope nada not giving up.

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  3. I like the way you used the letter N at a point when others have given up. Even though I chose not to participate right at the last minute, I think the A-Z challenge establishes discipline. Nobody's making you do it, but you do it because you have committed to the challenge. Way to hang in there and never give up!

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  4. Danielle, First I want to thank you for visiting my blog. It is so important not to give up on challenges in life. I think it's great that you are hanging in there. I look forward to following you.

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  5. you mean I'm not the only one who googles things that begin with blank letter?? haha. keep it up! you are halfway there. :) oh and i have not tried blue bell ice cream before. i will have to see if they carry it in my local stores. thanks! nice to meet you too. :)

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  6. Good job sticking with it!

    I've found this challenge to be harder and more time-consuming than I expected, so letting it go could certainly occur to me. But, like you, I've had fun doing it, and we're now past the half-way point, so I might as well stick with it.

    Besides, there are some interesting letters coming up.

    - Random

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