“1 Year Ago” New Writing Challenge Explained
Why I’m starting this series and how you’re involved.
How it works
This is a new series I’m starting for the duration of 2023.
The concept is simple: I’m going back to share, analyze, and critique the most authentic personal narrative known to man… his own journal.
Every week, I plan to share real, raw, unedited journal entries I wrote over the course of 2022. Let me explain why.
Why I’m starting this series
I have a relentless belief that this year matters.
Maybe it’s because I moved across the country a few months ago.
Maybe it’s because I made a lifelong commitment to another human being at the start of last year.
Maybe it’s because I’m 26, turning 27 this year, and I finally feel both feet planted firmly in adulthood.
For whatever reason, I’m uniquely optimistic about 2023. I feel like this every New Year, but this year is different. Seriously.
This year matters.
Why? Because I have a vision.
I’ve been envisioning the next 12 months — what I want them to look like, what I want them to mean, what…
