This post is kind of a double cheat. I'm going to write about my difficulty reaching my goal of thirty posts this summer, and in the process I'll be tallying one more. Well, all's fair in love and artificially created blogging challenges.
When I stated this summer challenge it sounded very reasonable to me, write every three days and I'd finish in plenty of time. The problem I have found is that it isn't simply enough to have 20 minutes and my iPad, I need an idea that I care about enough to write. I like to think that the majority of the posts on this blog have evolved organically, springing from something I read, hear, or think about while riding, and I find it pretty difficult to just write for the sake of writing (that sounds really negative, but I don't mean it as such, I wish I had that discipline).
For whatever reason, I am beginning to fear that 20 more posts (19 if you count this one) by September 1 may not happen (notice the passive voice, abnegating responsibility). As much as I enjoy feeling guilty, after all, I am Catholic and I do have a mother, I don't want this hanging over my head completely, particularly in these “race like the wind” opening days of the school year without coming to some official position with you and with myself.
I thought about several ways to spin this. I thought about simply saying, “I give up!” I thought about redefining the terms of the challenge (30, oh, clearly that was a typo, I meant 15). Neither of these felt completely right. So I have decided to simply keep on with it, I will use the “30 Blogposts of Summer” opening until I get to 30, whenever that is (one would hope it wouldn't be next summer). I think having this open challenge will keep me writing, and we'll see how close I get to the actual deadline.
Sometimes I have thought I should call this blog, “Apologies for Not Writing,” since I seem to be either not writing or apologizing much of the time, but I will continue to work in hope, and I hope you bear with me.
As always, I invite your comments.
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Or, let Friday, September 21st be the last day of summer. There, an extra three weeks!