Good morning Crickets. Welcome to day number ninety-seven of Operation Achieve Anything. It’s Saturday early in the AM, I’m still a little drunk from a bender that I started last night a plan to continue as soon as I publish this post. Last night was kind of fun because I was in just the right mood that the liquor allowed me to tap into the old energy that I used to have where I actually felt confident in my wacky approach toward promoting my work which allowed me to have fun on Twitter, acting as if I had already made it.

It was super fun to just post what I wanted without caring if I was being judged because those doing the judging aren’t the people that I’m attempting to reach out to. The one good thing about being a shut-in with zero friends is that I literally have absolutely nothing to lose when it comes to interacting with others. Why am I afraid that someone may think that I am dumb and my efforts are pointless when they’re not going to be a part of my life whether or not I succeed?

I hate the fact that I truly believe this in my head yet still struggle to let down my guard when it comes to promoting my work. Maybe I’m afraid that I will end up finding a fan which would then lead me to worry about whether or not I’m letting them down whenever I’m posting my content. It doesn’t help that I’m don’t write many drafts so I fear that it’s easy to find all my flaws that have nothing to do with the substance of the content that I’m creating.

The whole reason I write so much is that I hope to one day figure out what I’m doing to the point where my first drafts are perfect when it comes to the grammar, spelling, and wording so that people can start focusing on the actual content and not whether or not I’m illiterate. As long as I see it as a learning process I will never give up, which might lead to my fear of sounding like I take my work too seriously. That’s not to say that I would start to coast the moment that I tasted success, this is just the mentality that I use to trick myself into working through these periods where I feel like I’m struggling.

This transition into yesterday’s assignment where I was supposed to create a realistic path to success and then make an oath to commit to following this path until I reach my goal. Though I’m not going to share the path that I’ve planned because I don’t want to spoil any surprises, I will share the oath that I came up with.

And with that, here you go:

“I, The Wicker Breaker, solemnly swear in the presence of the crickets to continue to treat my writing career like a treat a game of chest and never give up until the game is over. I will always have at least one major project that I’m working on with a few minor tasks to work on in the background that would allow me to easily switch gears and have a new focus once that main goal is accomplished or fails. I will never stop thinking about a way to make surprise attacks, where a new campaign may come up from out of the blue at any moment while always appreciating the bonus points that come with the trading in of card. Most of all, I will always try to be excited to attempt different routes especially when the game starts to feel like it’s pointless.”

Risk is my favorite board game of all time because I’ve always loved the way that it allows you to focus on both the short and long-term goals unlike board games like Monopoly where there is only one direction to go and most of your success comes from the random amount of spaces you’re able to move at any given time. This is why I decided to use Risk as a reference while plotting my path to success and fulfill this assignment in the process.

As for today’s assignment, this is going to be a fun one since I’m not supposed to do anything at all other than enjoy the silence as the book seems to be building up to a series of tasks that focus on the benefits of meditation. Though you might think I would be disappointed by the task that lacks any structure, I’ve been wanting to get into meditation for most of my adult life so I’m kind of hoping that one of these assignments might lead me to actually buckle down and give it a more serious shot just like the book finally got me to get serious about learning how to play the bass.

Of course, as always, you’ll have to wait for tomorrow’s update to see how I deal with today’s moment of silence but tomorrow’s not all that far away. Or maybe it is depending on how well your day is going. Until then, it’s now that time where I say, good day and good luck to you and all of your projects.

Talk to you soon.

Sincerely,

The Wicker Breaker

P.S. Below are links to my novel, which I plan to promote as part of Operation Achieve Anything, as well as a link to where you can buy the book that is providing the structure to this project in case you would like to purchase it in order to play along.