My Clunker

I’m flexing my writing muscle by free writing every day for the next 39 days. I’ve done this for 21 days so far. Once I complete my 60 day challenge, I’ll be dusting off my project management book draft to piece it together for publication by Thanksgiving. I’ve been thinking about why I want to get the book out there. I have many reasons.

My initial reason for considering book writing is to generate passive income to protect my family financially. I also have a fair amount of confidence in my writing ability. I enjoy explaining things. I enjoy language and vocabulary. I like writing. I thrive through my accomplishments. I want to show everyone, including my daughters, that all things are possible when you apply sufficient grit.

Secondarily, I wouldn’t mind being recognized as an expert among my peers. Creating something to be remembered by when I return to the stardust collective is also appealing.

Speaking of stardust, today is the anniversary of my dear friend, Tracy, passing. I’m grateful to miss her because I’ve had the pleasure to know her. It’s a weird thing to know she no longer has a voice in this world. I miss the heck out of her. I know if I was talking to her about this, she’d be so blunt. There’s no discussion here. Just write the damn thing already. And there you have it. The muse has spoken.

At a fundamental level, I just need to push this across the finish line. I have many projects in my past that I started and didn’t finish. This one just needs to be finished. That’s all. I want to get it out there to clear the decks for the next one. It doesn’t need to be my magnum opus. In fact, it can be a clunker. Clunkers serve a purpose. Clunkers are like my daughter’s Ford Focus. They’re the Point A to Point B vehicle. That is a really great analogy! My project management book is my clunker to get me from Point A to Point B, on the path to better projects.