Aiming High

One of Gretchen Rubin's recent happiness quotes of the day struck me as refreshingly optomistic: 

"In the long run men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high."
— Henry David Thoreau

Cartoon from Savage Chickens

This Thoreau quote reminds me of a famous chef quote that my husband often spouts when talking about always shooting to achieve perfection in the kitchen.  The key is to remember the ideal of perfection likely doesn't exist, so don't beat yourself up when you don't get there.  This is no reason not to aim that high, however -- because of the lofty goal, you are bound to land in a place that makes you proud.

Missed another day...oh well!

Yesterday I didn't get around to patching in here and jotting down a post.
Oh well.

You know, I really put unnecessary pressures on myself sometimes. I appreciate that my intention to write consistently for a 21 day period has kept me more in tune with my writing. I don't think I will be doing it daily, however. Daily writing is a goal, but it's a goal that is totally fine if it causes me to write at least 3 days a week.



Since this post is really about my lack of posting yesterday, I expect to have another more substantive post later today.