Day One

I've signed up for Bindu Wiles' online community project called 21.5.800 (you can read all about it by following the links). Basically what it entails is 3 weeks of practicing yoga for 5 days a week, and writing 800 words per day.

What was I thinking??

I like a challenge. And I tend to sign up for this sort of thing rather impulsively. But I do think that being part of a community and committing to something publicly does help one to follow through, and keep going when it gets tough. So I am hoping it will be the necessary shove that I need to get back into a writing habit. The yoga part will be relatively easy for me. It's the writing that will be a challenge. Earlier in the year I made a writing commitment which as you can see I haven't managed to stick to - even though it was small somehow life got in the way. I could come up with a string of excuses but I know they are irrelevant - there are people with a lot more on their plates than I have, who manage to make the time to write - because they make it a priority.

So once again, I am committing to this process because I know that practice is the only way to make progress. And practice means time and repetition, in order to create a habit. Our habits are what make us who we are.
Chefs must cook. Painters must paint. And writers must write.

As BKS Iyengar so wisely said:

'Change leads to disappointment if it is not sustained.

Tranformation is sustained changed, and it is achieved through practice.'