27 Days In - 27 Bits Of Flash Written

Wednesday marked the twenty-fifth day of my 100 days of flash project.

I am not going to lie… it’s been both totally amazing and totally demoralizing.

The positive: I can write every day and I don’t think it’s garbage.

The negative: I keep second guessing myself.

I have literally considered saying eff it and just give up on writing because I am nowhere as good as some of the people I am competing with for publication space. I was almost close to tears on my way home from work yesterday because I was just so frustrated and imposter syndrome-filled. I have to keep telling myself, like I have every time I get rejected, there is a place for this piece. My work is valid, my aesthetic worthy of publication.

My 100 days of art, ukulele and flash are still going no matter how crap or depressed I feel. I guess if I can still create through the depression and anxiety, then I will take that as a win.