I lost the 100 days challenge

But I have gained momentum

Question: I wrote for straight ‘forty three’ days before losing the 100 days challenge. I could not even complete a half century. Should I stop writing?

Answer: No. Pick up your pieces and start writing again. It is pointless to ponder over what is begone.

Reason for this motivation: Ayushi Sinha and Gunjan Sharma Arora. Thank you girls, for asking me if I am still alive. It means a lot. I now know that the two of you will notice if I went missing someday. :)

And Pankhuri Kaushik, who has been silently reading all my jibber-jabber over the past one month and threatening me to death if I missed a day.

I am alive, but she continues to stare me through the cubicle glass and mouthing ‘loser’ with utter disgust. She says I should have written it in ‘drafts’ even if I was amidst a storm or hurricane.

I agree. I do not blame her. I blame myself. I was traveling and I wanted to be in the moment. And we were on a backpacking trip to the outer Himalayas with flutters of internet connectivity. It would come and go in a flash. I admit I missed writing when my watch declared ‘end-of-the-day’ but we were at peace from mobile notifications, so I didn’t complain.

Nevertheless. I am back.

What’s more important is, I now have an itchy hand to write what I want to say. Being a failure, makes me a fighter. Losing a challenge makes me wanna take it up again. Doing 43 rounds, makes me wanna do many more.

This post is a part of challenge that I took. I will be writing 100 words everyday for 100 days. Day forty four is here. Thank you for reading.