Tag: failure
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Another Year; Another Failed NaNoWriMo
It’s T-minus 1 day remaining on NaNoWriMo and I don’t even know where I stand. That is, other than knowing that I just didn’t do well at keeping up with the demands. As I wrote, right in the early stages of it I had to nearly abandon my project because my mind went the way […]
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Two Fears
I had written the bulk of this post days ago thinking that I would not post it. It was another instance of a thought that wasn’t fully formed, that I was trying to write to grab onto an understanding of an idea. But I had a change of heart. Below is what I wrote out […]
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Discomfort
I found this video (not really as I am subscribed to Big Think), and I loved it. This is a must watch. The idea that growth cannot come without putting ourselves into situations that are outside of our little safe havens is huge with me. It’s about doing the things you might not like to […]
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My NaNoWriMo
Ah, November has come once again to the writing community. That means that scores of writers will be trying their hand at the challenge of NaNoWriMo. For those of you not hip to it, NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. And therein it is the challenge for each writer participating to attempt to write […]
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Fail better
“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail better.” – Samuel Beckett It’s one of my favorite quotes. It’s one of the few quotes that I’ve ever printed out and hung any place where I can see it repeatedly. A reminder that I am not here to succeed; I am here to fail and […]
Jeremy C Kester 