Ciao, tutti!
Summer is winding down, and I'm not particularly happy about it at all. I have just 4 more days to enjoy my mornings at the beach. During the months of August and September I've been able to spend most mornings over on the Lido enjoying some sun, sand and surf. Time to just do nothing, relax, read, swim, think, dream. Zen time. I needed it.
BTW- the photo above is the view from my beach chair each morning.
For some time now I've been wanting to write about our travels more, but I couldn't bring myself to. This blog has always been about Venice, and I haven't wanted to change that. Mike and I have had incredible trips since we've been living in Italy, but I haven't been sharing any of that.
My morning beach time has given me the opportunity to do some dreaming about how to make that happen. It's time for me to turn that dream into a reality. The other day I received an email inviting me to participate in a blog challenge program designed to help you find the path to the lifestyle you wish to live. It seemed like exactly what I needed at just the right time. I signed up.
And so, this blog post is in response to Natalie's 10 Day Freedom Plan Blog Challenge Day 1. The challenge for today is to write about 2 or 3 challenges that keep you from obtaining your goals. My list exceeded 3, but for the sake of keeping you poor readers from running for the hills, I'm going to stop at 2.
#1 - I am the Queen of Procrastination. I'll find every excuse in the book to waste time. And my best excuse is always "It's nap time!" If I didn't just twitter (NO- not that kind of Twitter) away a good portion of every day I can't even imagine the things I could accomplish. I want to create a new blog just for travel writing, and that is going to take work on my part. I need to buckle down and just do it.
#2 - I second guess myself all the time, and end up convincing myself that I can't do things I want to. That I'm not good enough. I don't want to talk myself out of giving travel writing/blogging every bit of energy so that I do it, and do it well.
Whew. I got that down on paper. I've completed the challenge for today. To think about and write down the challenges that keep me from accomplishing my goals. It's a bit intimidating to bare my flaws in front of you. Please don't think too poorly of me! (I'm not too thrilled with myself as I read what I've written.)
Today I also tackled another task that I've been sitting on for the last few weeks. I actually have made a little bit of progress on the new blog. I had started one, attempted to learn the dreaded WordPress, hit my head against the wall a few times with it, and left the blog sitting in it's infancy state. To get the features I wanted I was going to have to move the blog to a self-hosting site. That got done today! I'm one small step closer to getting this new blog up and running. With some luck, and more than a little hard work, www.HendersonsOnTheRoad.com will be launched in the coming weeks. I'll plan a kick-off party.
In the meantime, I've got 9 more days to this exciting 10 day Blog Challenge to get through, and a WordPress class to complete!
Can't wait to see what tomorrow's challenge assignment will be. Stay tuned!
4 comments:
Ah Karen! Talk about hard on yourself; you're one of the most positive, get-it-done people I know. Trust me, you got this.Forza!!
Thanks, Anne! I know you are always a huge supporter cheering me on with some of my endeavors. I need all the help I can get. I'm curious to see what this challenge will entail. If I get the HendersonsOnTheRoad blog up and running, I will be one happy lady.
Of course you'll do it, just as you've met many other challenges. It's probably good this particular invitation arrived in your inbox at just the right time, giving you the focal point(s) to help you on the way.
Thanks, Yvonne! Feel free to give me a kick in the rear along the way!
Baci!!
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