I’m starting a new project, entitled Crappy First Drafts. My mission is to write one blog post a day, starting today, for 30 days. They can be crappy, about whatever (anything and everything and nothing), thoughts about life or reflections on travel, long or short, photo or no photo. The goal is to just publish rather than have something sit in draft hell. The goal is to write and to overcome my need of having to have the “perfect” post in order to publish - the goal is to write and publish crappy first drafts.

After all, this entire project In the Making is for me to give myself the space and permission to explore creatively, to have fun, and to make some mistakes (but hopefully none that would tank my career). And because I want to hold myself accountable, I’m announcing it out loud and writing down the parameters to remind myself why I’m doing this and what writing a “crappy first draft” means. Screw the need to be perfectly polished, the fear of what others may think, the worry of not being good enough.

Let’s go!