Obviously, I did not get my Inklings Challenge story written, but for once I'm not feeling any kind of guilt or shame over it. I did my best, and did not manage to accomplish my goal, and it is what it is. Would I like to have been able to write the story? Yes! Do I understand that this was a really hard month for me health-wise, and my creative energy was sapped as a result? Also yes.
In some ways, being at peace with that almost feels like a bigger accomplishment than writing the story would have been, so I'm taking this as a loss that's actually a win.
#inklingschallenge 2024 fail#but also not a fail#this is clearly a fallow season creatively for me and I am ok with that#while also really looking forward to the day when my doctor and I are able to figure out my health issues#and I can have fewer fallow seasons and more times of planting and tending and reaping