beeutterfly, congratulations on completing your program! I think you're right that it's important to give myself credit for how far I've come already. I just need to stop listening to the negative self-talk, and also I need to set myself a deadline, because otherwise, I'm probably going to let this go for another year...or more.

I had some successes last year, challenging myself to do things I didn't think I could do: I completed a Master Naturalist course, one of three needed to become a certified Master Naturalist in Florida; and I also wrote a novella during National Novel Writing Month. I never thought that I could put that many words on paper!

This year's been kind of a dud so far, I just can't seem to get going on anything. But July is Camp NaNo, an extension of National Novel Writing Month, and I've decided that I will take that time to get this done