Monday Deadlines

It has been a full week since my last post. As a typical goal-oriented American, I pledged to post every day in July 2017, and once August hit, I was done. Whew. No more thinking about what to write about today.

Today is August 7th, and I miss the guantlet. Without the pressure of a daily deadline, my writing is just that – dead. Or at least sound asleep, snoring its head off.

I’m taking an Intercultural Communication course this summer at Valparaiso University, and we’ve been assigned a final research paper due this week. I opted to research cultural differences in concepts of self-worth in the United States, South Africa, and Tibet.

It’s no surprise that I am a product of my culture – independent, desiring my own sense of personal power, accomplishment-driven, freely seeking, and often lost in a muddle of to-do lists. Without the pressure of a charge, I flounder.

So I create tasks. It boosts my sense of self-worth, even if the challenge is top secret and nobody cares but me.  In the old days, I’d sign up for marathons; now I enroll in classes. Or tackle the Whole 30 (with red wine). Sometimes I get Tim wrapped up in the duty – like washing windows. He hates that.

I’m going to update this blog every Monday for the next few months. The goal is pretty ambiguous, but like I said, I need to have a sense of personal power. I’m not letting anybody, including myself, tell me what to do.

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