So yes, while technically in I’m Grand Cayman right now, I’ve managed to publish 30 posts in 30 days. I made it through my first NaBloPoMo! I want to give a huge shout out to Suzy from Not a Fertile Myrtle for inspiring me to try this blogging challenge. And a challenge it has been!
The secret, I have found, is to schedule out your topics. I set up a new Google Calendar for myself a couple of months back, just to roughly plan out some posts, apart from the life update kind. For each day in November, I set aside a particular topic. I left a few days open to accomodate random life updates. Those “blank” days didn’t exactly go as planned. Some of the posts this month were total fluff: things I’m “reading,” one of my favorite recipes right now, a movie review and such.
Despite some of the fluff, I also have a few posts I’m proud of, specifically:
+ The RESOLVE of New England Annual Conference Live Blog.
+ Fill in the Blank: a call to finish the phrase “Infertility is…” (Which, if you haven’t already added to the list in the comments, please do.)
+ The Infertile’s Manifesto: the response to the Fill in the Blank. Some of your comments were so inspiring I had to capture it in one post as a way of reminding myself (and others!) to remain strong throughout this challenging journey.
+ Writing out what I’m thankful for this Thanksgiving.
+ Remembering the 10-year anniversary of my oopherectomy.
I initially decided to participate in NaBloPoMo because I was too chicken to attempt NaNoWriMo. The idea of 50,000 words in just 30 days intimidated the hell out of me. But I thought I’d do a little research and see how many words I’ve actually written on this blog in the past month.
Including this entire post, I have written 19,150 words during the month of November. While it’s no NaNoWriMo, it’s still a pretty decent amount of writing.
So since I’m still technically on the cruise and won’t be back home until Sunday, I’ll catch y’all sometime next week with plenty of photos and tales from our adventure on the high seas. In the meantime: Happy Hanukkah, happy blogging, and catch y’all on the flipside!
I have thoroughly enjoyed reading all your posts this month…fluff and serious included.
I wanted to tell you I've really enjoyed following your blog, and I've nominated you for the "Cherry on Top" blog award, See my last blog post for the details 😉
Congrats to you and Lora!! I just put my last post in today. HOORAY FOR US!!
I've complete it too! Well, after I write my daughter's birthday post today. It was a fun challenging, interesting month!