Two years ago today, I started this blog! I had recently returned from a workshop in New York with Pattabhi Jois, and I was all fired up and gung ho about yoga. I felt good about my practice and I was an avid reader of yoga blogs, and I thought, “Hey, why not join in the conversation!” I never intended to write only about yoga, so almost immediately I started writing about food, recipes, my kids and all of the other random stuff in my life.

I never suspected that this blog would become anything more than a creative outlet for me, hidden away in an obscure corner of the internet, but instead the blogging community has become a source of support, an inspiration and a sheer joy. I couldn’t quit if I wanted to! Thank YOU, all of my readers, yogis and non-yogis, writers and moms and friends, for making this such a great experience for me!

And now, for what will become a regular feature here, I present you with “Fess Up Friday.” The fabulous Literate Kitten has come up with a way for writers to have some accountability and check in every week to report how their writing week has gone. I fear that my entries will go something like this: “Did not write novel.” “Again, failed to write novel.” And “Novel still unwritten.” But I am going to give it a shot, because one thing that I do know is that public humiliation can be very motivating. So here is this week’s writing report:

  • Thought about writing novel.
  • Put “Work on novel” on my “To Do” list.
  • Realized that the things that don’t get done on my “To Do” list are mainly writing tasks.
  • Realized that “Do laundry” gets checked off before “Work on novel.” Felt resentful of laundry. Proposed to children that they are old enough to be allowed the privilege of using the washing machine. Nine-year-old is thrilled. Twelve-year-old is unconvinced.
  • Was asked if my Anne Cushman article could be republished in “LIving Mysore” online magazine. An actual writing accomplishment for the week! Yay! (Go check it out, there’s some good stuff over there)
  • Worked on writing exercises
  • Wrote a blog post every day

All in all, I don’t think it was too bad of a week, though of course the most important thing did not get done.  If you’re not familiar with my novel saga, I am working on the third chapter of a novel (my second) that I began last fall, but let drop when my dad was diagnosed with lung cancer.  This was to have been my “writing year” — but it didn’t work out that way.  Yet.  However, I am committed to working on a writing schedule that will fit in with my kids’ activities, yoga practice, and my job.  It sounds impossible! But I am one of those people that believes that with organization and sleep deprivation, I can accomplish anything!

We’ll see how next week goes!