It’s the Fourth Fifth Friday Challenge for December. My friend Paul and I, both posting daily in 2011, decided to give each other a job once a month to keep things spicy. In his words, “we want to push ourselves to do something more interesting than we might otherwise.”
And here is his challenge to me:
What has been the most unexpected thing you’ve discovered in doing this whole Post-A-Day rigamarole?
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As I sit down to write this at 11:36 pm, the first minute I’ve had to even think about this subject, I am quite surprised to experience a pang of sincere sadness that this Post a Day project is almost over. Right until now, I’ve perceived it as more irritating than not; I’ve often been bummed out by the day-after-day relentlessless; and have been kind of stuck wondering at the point of it all. Have I just spewed unnecessary content into the e-niverse, or is there something more that has been achieved? Good question! Unanswerable question!
Yet here I am, already missing it and feeling some anxiety at letting it go. I’m proud of myself for the discipline I’ve had to keep the schedule, proud of some of the writing I’ve done, happy I didn’t fuck up and walk away halfway through. Relieved, I expected. Sad, I did not.
Another thing is the deep connection I feel to Paul through this project. We’ve both been busy with other things and have only seen each other in person a handful of times this year, but I feel like our friendship has deepened considerably, which is surprising. We’re not collaborating (except for this monthly challenge, sort of), we don’t comment on each others’ posts, we have different approaches towards our writing and subject matter — yet the thought of us, both toiling daily on our little plots of internet land, makes me feel a pleasant camaraderie with him. Bravo, Tevis! *clink*
Whoa, it’s almost over. The ball, it’s about to drop!
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Read Paul’s response to my challenge here (to come).
