This morning's walk/jog involved another personal record...16 minutes of jogging! Our pace was better by nearly 2 minutes! Small steps forward. I'm wondering what it would be like to think of my writing the same way I am thinking about running. I've never had an issue with amount of time spent writing...I do tend to get "lost" in it...and the time does go by very fast. I'm not usually concerned with the amount I write in that time nor do I think I should be. In my writing it's not about "the distance traveled" it's more about "the journey" the thinking...making of meaning and revising that thinking/making into something that others will understand. When I finish these writing sessions...why don't I feel the same way I'm feeling after a run? If you think about it, each writing session offers space for PR's. I'm wondering what might happen if I spent a bit of reflective time after each write thinking about why it represents a PR? Even the smallest movement forward deserves mentioning...some movement is better than no movement all...someone famous said that once...maybe Henry Ford. We ran one more minute longer today than yesterday and shaved almost 2 minutes off yesterday's pace. I'm excited to carry this thinking over into my afternoon write!
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