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Some help for a Wednesday

Some help for a Wednesday

Keep on humpin'

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Jim Dalling
Jan 26, 2022
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Alo, my dear readers.

I’m unsure…

There’s nothing to follow the ellipses.

That was merely a declaration of my general state of being.

I’m a little lost.

Confused really.

The further along I seem to come in what I’m learning through creating a book, the more lost I feel I’m becoming.

Two deadlines have come and gone.

Another sits on the horizon.

Am I trying to make the book better because I’m being a perfectionist?

Or, am I simply honouring all y’all by committing to bringing into the world the best book that I possibly can?

Either way, I have a sense of being lost.

Which is likely good, as I’ve never been here before.

Where is here?

Where am I?

Somewhere within the audacious project of deciding that I have something to share, sharing it every day for nearly a year while creating a book.

So.

Where’s that?

No idea really. Closer? Farther along?

Those coordinates are not super convincing.

And each time we do something new, each time we make our best even better, we end up lost, feeling unfamiliar.

Some, …

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