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Challenging myself to participate in Teach Write's Daily Writing Project. Here is my writing today:


Growth is a challenge

Routines are comforting, yet can become dull

I thrive in plans and structure and schedules

However, struggles arise when I meet an unforeseen challenge

I want to expand my abilities to be flexible

I want to expand my mindset of what is a challenge

I always want to plan for every possibility and still become frustrated when I can't anticipate something

I want to expand my definition of difficult

I want to change my habits to become less frustrated by surprises

I want to express myself in someway everyday

I want to embrace challenges and celebrate the small victories

It is so easy to sit in the dark of the present

But I want to open up to see the light around me

Celebrate the everyday, the light that I don't always notice

i want to open up my mind to seeing what's already around me
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