{"id":8270,"date":"2018-09-01T09:41:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-01T09:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sidewaysthoughts.com\/blog\/?p=8270"},"modified":"2021-01-23T09:42:58","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T09:42:58","slug":"daily-writing-challenge-to-catch-the-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidewaysthoughts.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/daily-writing-challenge-to-catch-the-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily writing challenge to catch the moment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201c\u2026the writing challenge starting today\u2026\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This site is meant to be a scratch pad, a place to capture thoughts before they are lost in tomorrow. In reality it is hit and miss with most of my effort being directed towards longer dissertation on LinkedIn<\/a> which themselves are excerpts from my PhD journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I am preparing for my data collection leg of my research project which will see me spending about 10 months on the road writing daily. I have been struggling with the disconnect of a knowing I need a daily habit and my current practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So when a new cohort opened up in the Peak Persona program<\/a> for a writing challenge, I figure 1 September is as good a time to start a resolution as any. So here we are and here we go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Knowing I will write about my day has an impact on my experience through the day. Each moment becomes into a reflexive experience, as I make mental snaps to consider what I might take away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I have driven into the city countless times, on the same roads, over the same bridge. We were in the city today and decided to grab a bite at a Turkish restaurant. With an hour to kill before it opened, we took a walk to the river and over the Walter Taylor Bridge<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not only had I not known its name, I was also not aware that it was the only bridge in the southern hemisphere in which people had actually lived. Like, a home. In a bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just as playing tourist in your own town, daily writing feels like writing a script for the life of my own movie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201c\u2026the writing challenge starting today\u2026\u201d This site is meant to be a scratch pad, a place to capture thoughts before they are lost in tomorrow…. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"ecosystem_role":[],"class_list":["post-8270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-about-me","bwp-masonry-item","bwp-col-3"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t