Today is November 1st! You know what that means!? We survived Halloween! It’s the day we turn the clocks back! (Fall back, baby!) It’s the month Claire was born, so it’s time to start the month-long celebration!
…or just hang the Birthday Chain, which was festive and exciting!
Not only is November the month of that certain someone’s birthday, it’s the start of the downhill slide toward Thanksgiving and the full-on Holiday Dash, which lands us smack dab at the beginning of 2010.
But, what else is it?
Well, it’s the start of NaBloPoMo. NaBloPoWhat? If you’re a long-time reader of the blog, you know that it stands for National Blog Posting Month. It’s where bloggers from all over the world take the challenge upon themselves to write every day for a month.
This is Year Number Three for me! In 2007, the year I started blogging, I participated in NaBloPoMo 2007 by revisiting my old journal. It was an awesome exercise and one I still think about. In 2008, for NaBloPoMo 2008, it was just business as usual around here, and I was able to post every day with no problems. Life with a toddler proved to be ripe with blog fodder. I’d wake up and almost panic, “What if I can’t find something to write about today!? What if I’m scrambling!?” and within a span of 15 minutes would have a list of new ideas.
So, with NaBloPoMo 2009, you’d think I’d be all over it, right? Well, I actually hesitated. Can I believe I actually considered not doing NaBloPoMo? I have a lot on my plate right now. I’m the assistant editor at Mile High Mamas, the Denver resource for Denver moms. I’m the president of our local MOMS Club Chapter. I’m working on a personal project that has already take the back burner more than I’d like to admit. All of these things are in addition to keeping the ship running around here.
When would I have the time? The last thing I want is for The Casual Perfectionist to become a chore or something stressful.
That’s when I decided to use this to my advantage. This little NaBloPoMo exercise will fit in nicely with that personal project I have bubbling away on the back of the stove, and this will be the perfect excuse to write.
Plus, I have a confession: The thought of breaking the chain made me sick. It made my stomach churn and my heart hurt. The thought of not participating in something that, for me anyway, was just an extension of who I am as a writer, was more traumatizing than the thought of having to write every day. I’d look back at the collection of Categories on The Casual Perfectionist’s shelf and see that NaBloPoMo 2009 was missing, and I just couldn’t do it…which meant I had to do it.
Here’s where my little series comes in…for the month of November, I’ll be sharing some confessions: Confessions of a Casual Perfectionist. This should be a fun glimpse inside what makes a Perfectionist, albeit a Casual one, tick. You’ll either relate to my confessions, or you’ll know someone who may, or you’ll at least be able to point to a hard-copy of evidence as to why you think I’m crazy.
Either way, I can’t wait to see where this takes us, and I’m so glad you’re along for the ride!
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