I am a twenty-something dreamer, reader, writer and teacher. I am a wife, a health conscious revolutionary. I am a humanitarian, a world-traveler, a friend. I am not a feminist, but I love being a woman. I am an academic advisor and a teacher. I am working on a Master's degree in Rhetoric, which means I have a love affair with words.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Hello, 4:30 AM: The Wake and Write Challenge

I woke up at 4:30 today.

Ok, I had some help.



This dude was doing weird things in the night, so when the alarm rang I grew concerned by his absence in the bed and sat up to check it out.

And then, when I tried to go back to sleep he kind of got in my face.

At that point I told myself that I had a decision to make. Every single day is just a series of decisions.

I made the decision to wake up and head to the computer. It was a good one.

We often don't give ourselves the props we should for our decisions.
Like, I decide daily not to get outrageously drunk and take my clothes off and dance in the street. I bet a lot of you make that decision daily too. How awesome of us. I am so proud.

I decided to write today, and I feel better for it. I didn't finish the ending because honestly, sometimes my imagination gets out of control and scares the crap out of me. I knew I needed to hit the sidewalk for some exercise, in the dark, around 5:15ish so I didn't write the ending.

I'm ok with that.

Tomorrow 4:30 will come again and I will make the decision to meet it.

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