And updated 43 things. I have to check my facebook. But I really feel discouraged. I want to get my stories published and make money. I also want to keep writing.
I could set a goal like to write 1,667 words a day because that would be 50 k a month. but that is virtually impossible. How about 172 words a day? Because that’s what rule #5 was.
Also, how do I make this blog private since it’s mostly ruminations? And how do I increase traffic to the other blogs???
Expect the Best; Love What You Get
Lindsay suggested this rule after working with horses. Every time she gets a new horse, she thinks, “This one will do tricks. This one will amaze and inspire. This is the one!” And every time, that horse is not exactly the ideal horse.
So it is with kids. As he first began to babble, I stared at him in his high chair, wondering, “What pearls of wisdom will he say when he can finally talk? This kid is deep, brilliant, poetic.” And when he did start talking — and I’d been waiting months, years for his genius — I got, “No!” “Mine!” “Dad!”
With people and animals, you gotta love what you get.
It’s hard at times to do that, when you expect so much. But you’ll get something and it will be surprising. And it will be good. Gail told me that as moms, we have to love the title of that book, “The Good Enough Mom.” That’s me. I’m good enough. A perfect mom would be a disaster. Same with a perfect kid. Or horse.
There’s an adage that is useful for creative people — low expectations, high results; high expectations, low results. But this rule says, high expectations and love no matter what.
100 Days of Poems and Pics 