Thursday, February 23, 2012
Mindset
Remember as you experience the joys and horrors that are Day 5 that the point of this project wasn't simply to drive and succeed and be happy. The point was to experience something like what the Joad's felt, going the other way in the 1930's. So failing might even be a desired end in terms of feeling the hardship and disappointment that folks like the Wilsons knew. So don't dwell on the fact that you failed (if you did) or be overly impressed if it was relatively easy. The point is to feel what's there, whether sadness, longing, disappointment, even fear (how will we ever get there?) or joy and fulfillment and reconnecting with your family who have been waiting for you. This was a fiction, and the "you" writing is a character. Inhabit that character.
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