Two hundred words a day for a hundred days

Why set out on this hundred day challenge of writing two hundred words a day? Because, for sure, my practice of writing has fallen off a great deal. It’s been now, going on eleven months since I had a regular weekly bulletin article. That got shot in the head when we discontinued masses open to the public last March. I was pleased to drop it, by the way, since it had become tedious to produce. It was a labor of love. On the rarest of occasions, two come to mind, did I ever receive any feedback about anything I ever wrote there. The feedback was positive, but, limited. Perhaps a lackluster response was due to lackluster writing? Well, I’m ready to start that bulletin letter up again and I’d like it not to be so painful to read or to write. So this, I guess, is one reason why I need to get back into writing shape. As a remedy for pain. Let’s riff on this for a minute. I know it’s not the noblest of motivations—the painkilling motivation, but I should also observe how this motivation has worked before. I’ll tell you about my journey losing sixty pounds that began with hearing someone relate their personal anecdote of relieving joint pain. Also a word on negative motivation—that is pursuing a negative goal, and is it even possible?