12/12

My Blogmas journey has come to an end and I am immensely grateful for what this did in me.

I realized I can do it. Simple. Actually starting it brought more clarity that sitting and wondering if I could keep up or if I could finish what i started

There was wave of self doubt that I had to work through at a point; who even sent you? Are you sure you can even write?

And yes, I may have sent myself, infact - the inspiration was soi random: I was watching a YouTube Vlogmas Short and I thought, ‘hmm why don’t I do a 12- day blogmas challenge.’

And I will only get better by exercising my writing muscle.

For the purpose of accountability, I roped in Joel as my Blogmas Partner to keep me in check and that did the trick for me.

Before I started, I drew calendar of sorts, one which by the day evolved without altering the main goal of 12 posts in total by the 25th of December.

The screenshot of intended posts looks very different from the actual posts.

But having a plan that could be altered was better than having no plan at all.

For example: I planned to share chapters of a whole different fiction series. But it just didn’t feel ready. Life at St. Annes had however been sitting pretty in my drafts, waiting for her time to shine and it felt just right to share at the time I did.

Over the last 2 weeks, I’ve experienced growth on my Substack that I genuinely didn’t see coming this fast, but which I am grateful for.

I’m grateful for everyone who has found me here as a result of this- stick and stay.. you’ll love it here.

I’m grateful for every OG subscriber esp those who read every single post. I see you and I appreciate you!🫶🏾

I’m grateful for the gift of creativity and ability to weave my words together and give my deepest, most random and sometimes intrusive thoughts a (mostly) cohesive voice.

Merry Christmas, again!🤍

See you soon🧡