SELF-REFLECTION AND PERSONAL GROWTH WRITING CHALLENGE

What Am I Proud Of Accomplishing This Year? — Day 2

Day 2 of Dr. Tracy Davis’ journaling and self-reflection and personal growth writing challenge

Yesterday, I wrote Day 1 to highlight the challenge that Dr. Tracy Davis has put forward. I believe that this challenge is important and will follow through all 30 days on. I love writing prompts and this journaling, self-reflection, and growth is right up my alley.

Earlier holding pattern and then a forced decision

I know that I could probably say that because we’ve been in a bit of a holding pattern that I haven’t accomplished much this year. That couldn’t be further from the truth. While we were basically living in the parking lot of the travel center in our tiny home for nearly four months with a two-week break in between, I was writing more than I’d ever written in my life.

I think that the biggest thing to take away from this year was that we finally got into our tiny home after we were forced out of the motel we had been at for almost a year and a half. We had to fully commit to our backup plan all the way instead of staying tethered to the comforts of being in a room. I mean, we are still in a room when we’re in our truck but we are at the mercy of the parking lot we are stationary at for any amount of time.

Writing a lot this year

Writing over 500 stories on Medium, and gaining over 2,600 followers, and over 200,000 views is also an accomplishment that I never thought that I’d be able to reach or even exceed, especially in the amount of time that I accomplished that this year. I started writing full-time in January 2022 and I hit the 200,000 view mark in early July.

My viewership has slowed down a bit but I’ve also been writing a lot less since my peak in June when I published 92 stories. I’ll never get anywhere close to accomplishing that again in one month. I think that even 50 stories will be a stretch for me at this point, especially this month. I should be proud of the amount of exposure and the quality of the audience and community that I’ve built on Medium.

Community and other life milestones

The community aspect again has always been my main focus. I try my best to promote the heck out of the brilliant writers around me and let people know that I value them. Building a genuine and strong sense of community on the platform has always been my shining achievement and another major accomplishment that I can take away from this year.

I turned 40 this year. That, in itself, isn’t really an accomplishment, but knowing that I made it there and that I’m still alive despite all of my physical and other health issues is something to celebrate. I can’t wait to celebrate my aging instead of having excessive anxiety around it. I hope to accomplish so much more this year.

Travel plans and finding stable medical

My partner and I have been slowly trying to make our way over to Maine to try an authentic lobster roll and then try to find a way to get ourselves down to Arizona for the winter. I think that our plan along with replacing our back tires will be other major accomplishments to celebrate this year. If I can figure out how to re-establish my primary care situation with my doctors again once I get down to Arizona, then I’ll feel even more accomplished.

It’s been hard to get into and make appointments anywhere right now while I’m traveling but I’ve still been keeping up with my doctors in Erie right now to make sure my medicine still gets filled and that I can email them when something goes wrong. In a worst-case scenario, I can always go to a doctor in another state if I really feel like my health is tumbling even further.

I hope it doesn’t get to that but I’ve always found a way and have been super resourceful. I still feel like there’s so much more to accomplish this year because the year is barely more than halfway over so we will see if I can find more things to be proud of by the time the year is done.

Until my next prompt for Day 3. Looking forward to getting more people to participate in the prompt at this point.

Above is my Day 1 writing prompt response.