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Challenge Yourself

Written by: womenslegacy
Published: May 8, 2015 -- Last Modified: May 8, 2015
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In April of this year, ending just a few days ago, I completed the Blogging A to Z Challenge with 26 posts on this site.  One was put up each day, Monday through Saturday, with Sundays off.  Such a schedule allows for the writing days and days off to equal the number of the days of the month.  The challenge occurs every April.
This was a tactic I employed to draft many posts in a short time.  In order to post a reasonable assemblage of writings, I had to plan out the posts and the topics appropriate to this site that they would cover.  Having my own theme of legacy provided a cohesion that made the challenge much easier than the first time I did this a few years ago.

The A to Z of Women’s Legacy The A to Z of Women’s Legacy
Bibliography and Biology Bibliography & Biology – Ways of Knowing
Crafting Legacy Crafting Legacy
Dreams of Strength and Wisdom Dreams of Strength and Wisdom
Evoking the Essentials Evoking Essential Information
Family and Friendship Family and Friendship in Legacy
Googling Gaia Googling Gaia
Her History Her History
Incidental Information Incidental Information
Juggling Jackets and Hijab Juggling Jackets and Hijab
Kindred, Kith and Kin Kith, Kin, and Kindred Souls
Labyrinths, Lace, and Limitations Labyrinths, Lace, and Limitations
Mothers and Others Mothers and Others, the Mosaic of Women in Our Lives
Names and Naming Names and Naming
Oceans and Amniotic Fluid Oceans and Amniotic Fluid
Paper, Scissors, Stone Press Publish – 21st C. Paper and Pen
Quills, Quests, and Quilts Quintessential Self-Publishing With WordPress
Restoration, Revisionism and Reframing Research Essentials
Selfish and Selfless Genes Sacred Feminine
The Travails of Triumph Are Not Trivial To Traverse Travails
Über Ubiquity Über Ubiquity
Virtuous Vulvas Virtuous Vulvas
Women’s Wisdom Women’s Wisdom
Xs and Ys Xes, Sexes and Mitochondrial DNA
Yin, Chi and Yoni Yin, Yoni and Qi Energy
Zealotry, Zaftig and Zami Zealotry, Zaftig and Zami

 
To add some variety and try out categories for the new blog, I tried to spread out the posts so that all categories were covered.  The color coding above and below shows that attempt.  What I realized is that I need more work on differentiating a couple of the categories. I also realized where I have the most writing to do – spirituality.  This surprised me as I thought I touched on the subject more than I did.

  • Archeology & Material Culture
  • Biology & Genetics
  • Information
  • Inspiration
  • Reframing
  • Spirituality
  • Tech & Tools
  • Wisdom

I will continue to read many of the blogs I did not get to, and I will use all the information I gathered during the month to make my site structure and content stronger.
I also have to give a shout out to Pam from Pink Is An Attitude as going through the challenge with a buddy made it all much easier, more enjoyable, and provided accountability.
April was a wonderful month full of learning, and while this was a challenge, it was a challenge in the sense that it provided motivation not that it was tiresome or difficult.  I recommend the Blogging A to Z Challenge to any writer who needs some “oomph” for writing more often, who wants to tackle a subject in some detail, and who has lots to say on a subject but has not found a structure for handling the subject.
I will be back next year.  I am already thinking about what sort of a thematic series I could do.  Tools of Legacy Makers maybe.  We will just have to wait and see.

Categories: A to Z of Legacy 2015, Communication, How To, Information, OrganizeTags: A to Z Blogging Challenge, analytic, challenge, motivation, organization, structure, tools, writing project

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  1. Mary Burris

    May 24, 2015 at 10:44 am

    Just now getting around to visiting the blogs in the challenge. April was a busy month for me. Congrats on completing the A to Z Challenge! Looking forward to next year! See you on the Road Trip!
    Mary
    http://www.JingleJangleJungle.net

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  2. Entrepreneurial Goddess

    June 10, 2015 at 5:02 pm

    Hello there.
    Congratulations on completing the challenge! I didn’t get to visit your blog during the crazy month of April so I’m popping over today from the Road Trip.
    http://entrepreneurialgoddess.blogspot.com

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