REMARKABLE / UNREMARKABLE

Today was a rather unremarkable Tuesday filled with quotidian tasks and appointments. A chat with my accountant about taxes. A chat with another singer seeking advice about making an album. Sorting through my finances. A visit to the dermatologist. Another routine check-up appointment with my doctor. A quick lunch in the park in between the two.  

Something about this 30 day challenge to post every day is that it pushes me to write more in the style of a daily journal, which feels quite vulnerable to share. I can hear my inner critic screaming at me that my day was boring, and none of this would be of interest to anyone, so why bother writing at all? Who cares about all of this navel gazing, granular detail of your life? Today, the temptation shun writing and skip a day was incredibly strong. Surely, inspiration will strike with a good night’s sleep? Tomorrow has to be more interesting…

And yet, the accountability this challenge provides ensured that I would find at least 20 minutes today to sit down at the keyboard and write. Doing so really forces me to find the beauty in things that are seemingly mundane. While I resented losing much of the day driving from appointment to appointment around the Bay Area, composing this little post makes me realize that lunch today was the first time I have had a weekday lunch outside of my house this year. My boyfriend and I ate delicious banh mi sandwiches sitting on a bench by four beautiful redwood trees. It was also the first time in a long while that we lunched with each other in the middle of the week, without the distractions of our phones and work emails. Three paragraphs into this post, I am realizing that my day wasn’t unremarkable at all. In reality, it contained a rather remarkable romantic moment. The challenge of daily practice reveals the fun devils in the details, and suddenly the narrative of my day is completely shifted.

I’m enjoying this challenge. Even when I think I am not. 

Excited to see what tomorrow brings.