Please note that I have re-written one sentence from yesterday's blog. Instead of "I am vowing to write every day for 12 days in this blog, hoping it will be the beginning of a more consistent writing practice," I now state that "I vow to write every day for 12 days in this blog, with the intention of establishing a more consistent writing practice.
Not only does "I vow" sound more definite than "I am vowing," but replacing hope with intention makes for a stronger statement - at least to me. This is supported by http://www.merriamwebster.com/ where "hope" is defined as "cherishing a desire with anticipation" and intention as "a determination to act in a certain way; resolve." I am not just cherishing, desiring, anticipating a more consistent writing practice; I am intending, determining, resolving to write more consistently.
Rather than hoping to do more writing, I intend - as Captain Picard might have said - to "make it so."
Stay tuned.
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