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So I think its about 1 month exactly before I come home. Good, not good? Let's see when I'm actually back. It doesn't seem like LA would be nice to live in again but then again, I thought I was going to shoot myself when I was going to live in Jerusalem. The only time I had stayed here for extended time was every other weekend off from the army and the couple vacations we had. All the those times, for the most part, marked the lowest points during my whole time in Israel. Maybe I am just thinking LA would suck cause it wasn't treating me the best last I was there for a while.
In other news, I wrote again today for the first time in a while. I'm up to 60 pages or so. Its difficult to keep going. It really seems so overwhelming. What got me to write these last 10+ or so that I did today was a little "mantra" i kept in my head. I had to prep myself before hand saying, "it doesn't need to be perfect," "first draft," "the revision process is where you can really have fun." I'll be sure to keep those thoughts in my head next time I open it up again. I am really looking to have a first draft finished by my return. Who thinks I can do it in a month? I can, but it won't be easy. To give me little bit of a more practical dose of motivation, I am planning on turning a finished draft of it in to my Zionism in the Arts class. Basically, you can turn any art piece in that has something to do with Israel. Let's hope I do it. What a great confidence/self-esteem boost that would be for me.
See ya'll soon.
Love,
Jesse
P.S. Who still reads this?
In other news, I wrote again today for the first time in a while. I'm up to 60 pages or so. Its difficult to keep going. It really seems so overwhelming. What got me to write these last 10+ or so that I did today was a little "mantra" i kept in my head. I had to prep myself before hand saying, "it doesn't need to be perfect," "first draft," "the revision process is where you can really have fun." I'll be sure to keep those thoughts in my head next time I open it up again. I am really looking to have a first draft finished by my return. Who thinks I can do it in a month? I can, but it won't be easy. To give me little bit of a more practical dose of motivation, I am planning on turning a finished draft of it in to my Zionism in the Arts class. Basically, you can turn any art piece in that has something to do with Israel. Let's hope I do it. What a great confidence/self-esteem boost that would be for me.
See ya'll soon.
Love,
Jesse
P.S. Who still reads this?