I'm going off the rails on this one. This morning, I got an email from Seth Godin's Domino Project about the
Trust30 challenge. It's a 30-day writing challenge inspired by Emerson's
Self Reliance.
Here's the twist.
Unlike your typical 30-day writing challenge (not to knock them), you have to commit to it before knowing what you'll be writing about. Every day, a prominent blogger gets to decide your fate, and you have to put yourself out there. As someone who can be a bit cautious, this challenge really resonated with me.
It starts today.
Just to maximize the pants-crappingness, the challenge apparently starts today. So, I'm writing this post before I chicken out. Who's with me?
31 May – Tom
Go for it! It sounds like a blast.
I'm not - if I had nothing else better to do this would be fun, but alas, my daughters need to eat...
@Mike - I'm hoping this IS a way to put food on the table, down the road. I keep saying that I'm not a writer (just a blogger), but now that I'm actually getting paid to blog here and there, maybe I am a writer after all. Next stop - actually being good at it :)
You are maximizing the pants crappingness! And here I thought you were just being funny on the twitterz. And yes you are a good writer. So there.
31 May – Otir
May I respectfully point that writing does not necessarily make the writer? But writing can definitely unleash creativity and self-discovery!
Way to go on not chickening out, that is courageous indeed. On my part, I always feel very enthusiastic at challenges, and they help me explore new limits that needed to be attained.
Pete, you are definitely a writer.
And I'm in.
Also, I'm super bummed I missed that limited edition of Self-Reliance.
@Monica - Are you saying that, in retrospect, it wasn't funny? ;)
@Otir - I have a tendency to think of "Writer" as being someone who writes novels, so I never really consider myself a writer, per se. The reality, though, is that I write daily - I even get paid for it. End of the day, it's just a word.
@Mike - I grabbed the Kindle version, and am sorry now that I apparently skipped Emerson in high school and college.