Monday, November 30, 2015

#NaBloPoMo Day 30 - And the challenge ends!

NaBloPoMo November 2015


The 30 day blogging challenge comes to an end today. After 27 posts in 27 days, I skipped the last 2 days due to travel. So did I miss the perfect 30 day streak at the fag end of the challenge? I don't think so. 27 posts in as many days has been great enough for me. Sure, I could have done the perfect 30 but perfect is so boring. Who's interested in perfect! It's the I-just-missed-it-and-yet-I-am-happy stories that are human. It's the vulnerable that we connect to. It's the imperfect that makes us feel better about our foibles and weaknesses.

Also, I think it's fun to break rules sometimes. It's liberating to take on a 30 day and do the unexpected - not do the perfect 30. I kept for all these days - through insanely busy days and pretty tiring nights. But if I tried to do it just to make a perfect 30, it wouldn't be me. I knew I couldn't have blogged during the weekend because of logistical issues and so I let go. It's great to take up a challenge. But it's also important to be able to let go. To not make things matter so much to us that we lose perspective. So what it's worth for, I thoroughly enjoyed the blogging challenge. This is definitely going as an achievement in my writing life. Stay tuned for the wonderful things doing this challenge has taught me - coming up soon.

I'd like to thank everyone who inspired me to write, left comments on my blog, shared my posts on social media and made this enjoyable journey even more delightful! Thank You!

(Btw, I am writing on a train from Delhi to Mumbai with limited connectivity. But I had to write this post and express my love for this wonderful blogging month of my life)

6 comments:

  1. Now you have arrived completely on blogging scene :D there is a legend that no challenge goes without posts on trips/holidays/ family functions :P I have written so many from airports using airport wifi! All the best for times ahead :) And of course who cares about 30 and all :D

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    1. Thanks a ton for all your encouragement, Richa! You rock!

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  2. Way to go! You enjoyed the journey, that is a great thing! And like Oscar Wilde says, 'Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative"...breaking rules is good ;) Congrats and keep writing.

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  3. Thank you for the kind words, Kala!

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  4. wow... this 30 day challenge itself is a huge inspiration for the readers and bloggers!

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  5. Thank you, doctor, for your kind words! :)

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