Alphabet Challenge-Day 1: Alphabet Challenge

Okay, so I started blogging again regularly about two weeks ago and it was supposed to be like warming up for a marathon but I don't think that was really what it was like. It was more like getting ready to cross the English Channel by taking lots of baths. So, originally, it was to be me and my friend Ben doing a blog a day each about a topic that starts with whatever letter is the consecutive letter of the day before...I have a bad habit of explaining things and making them more confusing than what they actually are.

Today, we start, although I may need to give Ben a little tap tap tapperoo to get him back into writing. When I was younger (also angrier and lonelier), it was easy to write because there was nothing else to do and no one to really talk to to work through whatever was bothering me at the time. I threw everything on paper or computer screens and that worked pretty well. Presently, I'm not magically cured of all ailments and I'm not fueled by hugs and butterflies but I have someone to talk to regularly when something starts to eat at me. Usually, she spots it before I even know I have a problem, which is incredibly useful for staying close enough to well-adjusted.

I told you all that so I can tell you this: writing isn't hard. Writing something that you're proud of or that serves some sort of purpose is, though and I feel like I can't really write what I would like to read. The day after I post something, I'm looking at it, rereading and over-analyzing every little detail. That is why I thought Ben and I should do this alphabet thing (not to be too presumptuous, Ben, but I think we suffer from the same problem). I guess it's kind of cheating to use Alphabet Challenge as my "A" topic but I want to put in writing my specific goal so I can look at it and say "Yup, I can do this" and, if I end up not doing it, I can at least say I legitimately say I tried. If I can also just write without that little nagging critic popping up and questioning the point of what I'm doing, too, that would be another success and a movement towards my ultimate goal of someday getting paid to write.

Tomorrow is the "B" blog and this should continue for 25 more consecutive days. If it doesn't for whatever reason, I will probably still blog regularly but the challenge would start over in the month of November. You know what helps me write? Comments! I know I don't have a lot of official followers on google, I think more people read this than is shown so if you want to suggest topics starting with whatever letter, feel free to do it here.