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Persistence
At the beginning of the year, I chose a word to inspire my writing for 2024 as part of a writer's challenge on Instagram. Persistence / Noun Definition from the Britannica Dictionary: The quality that allows someone to continue doing something, or trying to do something, even though it is difficult or opposed by other people
By Alyssa Mussoabout a year ago in Motivation
Sore Loser. Runner-Up in Echoes of the Year’s Lessons Challenge.
Last year at the start of 2024 Vocal hosted the #200 Challenge that asked entries to explore the aspirations we Vocalites had for our upcoming year on Vocal. I had already determined a goal for myself of entering every Vocal+ challenge with an entry I was proud of. I almost reconsidered that goal immediately when the #200 challenge was announced. I write fiction and poetry, not personal essays! But I completed an entry and have for every Vocal+ challenge since. And I have been proud of most of my entries, not all, but most. I suppose it is fitting that the final challenge of 2024 (based on deadline) would require me once again to drag myself out of my comfort zone to write one more personal essay. So here we go.
By D.K. Shepardabout a year ago in Motivation
2024: The Year of Setbacks, Sadness and Hope
There are so many things I want to say. So many things I want to express. I could write this a thousand times in a thousand ways and still not fully get my point across. So, rather than overthink it, I’ll just write it.
By Paul Stewartabout a year ago in Motivation
Learning to Love Myself First and Foremost
We all tend to sit back, take a deep breath, and start unraveling past events at different stages of our lives. It's like watching a movie in reverse. If only we had seen what was coming. Would we have acted differently?
By Calvin Londonabout a year ago in Motivation
You Never Know What The Year Will Bring | Part 1
It was from one day this year, a starting point, that everything emerged. *** If you had told me at the turn of this year about everything I would eventually accomplish with my writing, you would have gotten a very unladylike smorgasbord of snorting, scoffing, and tear-inducing laughter.
By Alexandria Stanwyckabout a year ago in Motivation
Echoes of a Beautiful Soul
2025 better be good to my family. I had a trying year. 2024 was a one of the hardest years of my life. This past year, I brought a new little one into our home. He has so much personality now and he truly was the perfect addition to our family. My two older kiddos are smitten with him.
By Chloe Rose Violet 🌹about a year ago in Motivation
Just Live. Runner-Up in Echoes of the Year’s Lessons Challenge. Content Warning.
I had been told that no one would care if I were dead, and the person who told me that, also let me know that they would've happily thrown me off my own balcony, but luckily for me, they stopped themselves from doing it..... well bless their cotton socks! That was good of them, now wasn't it? That was at the end of 2023.
By Jess Boyesabout a year ago in Motivation
A splash of tea and drama
This past year has been a real doozy. But, I try to keep on kicking, even when it’s hard to even pick myself up to start the day. My heart beats for my children: Ismael, David and Noah. My youngest son David, who was born on 2/21/2024 was diagnosed with Spina Bifida before he was born. We had to do a repair in utero (myelomeningocele) to prevent spinal cord damage and possible paralyzation, which was such an arduous, complicated process.
By Melissa Ingoldsbyabout a year ago in Motivation
Life Is but a Series of Decisions
I’m not an anxious person, but bouts of anxiety have been seizing my insides lately. It began in the wee hours before a heavy rainfall. By mid-morning my bedroom was flooded. I moved things off the floor and heaved my dresser onto my bed to prevent water damage, all the while madly proclaiming ‘life is happening for me and not to me’ repeatedly in my head. Fortunately, I had a lunch date. When I returned, the water had receded.
By Neelam Sharmaabout a year ago in Motivation
