30 Days of Daily Outfits and to write a Novel

I recently committed to undertaking 30 day challenges, to start things off I decided, 5 days into one of these challenges, that I also wanted to do another, I never like to keep things too simple! So there’s a bit of an overlap but there aren’t really any rules.

 

Daily Outfits {21/10/11 – 19/11/11}

6 days ago I started a photo of a daily outfit, this is inspired by Gala Darling and trying to make the most of my wardrobe. I’ve not decided if this is just a 30 day challenge or a longer term thing but I’ll post updates of these from time to time. I’m at a point where I want to establish my own style and work out what I really need in my wardrobe.

 

Write a Novel {01/11/11 – 30/11/11}

I also decided that because November is National Novel Writers Month and inspired also by the recent passing of my Grampa I’m going to be writing every day in November, I’ve not decided exactly what I’m going to do but I’ve signed up with NaNoWriMo and the theme will be memories. The idea is that you write at least 50,000 words during that month, rough and unedited, just trying to get through a first draft.

 

Are you taking on any challenges?

Inspirational Quotations

Words are incredible, can you imagine a life without any words? A life where we can’t communicate so easily with each other, with no books, newspapers or conversations? Since I’ve started reading a variety of blogs I’ve found so many writers who inspire me, writers who create something beautiful, inspiring or gripping with only words.

“Words are my medium -- I can shape them into whatever you need.
The language we use crafts messages, creates imagery, and conjures feelings. Words can carry you off or draw you in.” – Elizabeth Kat Reiners

When I find something which really inspires me I note it down in my journal or bookmark the post or page it’s from. Sometimes it’s part of a post I read which really speaks to me and reminds me of an important lesson or value.

“Slow down and everything you are chasing will come around and catch you.” – John de Paolo

“Sometimes we smile because we feel happy. Sometimes we smile in order to feel happy.” –  read on Jade Keller’s Blog

Other times it’s just a beautiful piece of writing, where I can really feel what it’s like to be there.

“Walking in the coldest of colds energizes me like nothing else. I love it; the work of it, the bite, the blast, that visible puff of breath -reminding me I'm still alive.”  - Elizabeth Kat Reiners

I’m so often amazed by how much can be said with only a few words, how strong a message can be conveyed to so many people so quickly.

“This is your one and only precious life – pay attention!” - Gwen Bell

I also empathise with those diarists who jeep diaries and journals for a variety of reasons: therapy, to aid memory, to create something or just to amuse yourself.

“ I never travel without my diary, one should always have something sensational to read in the train” – Oscar Wild

Often quotations or snippets that I read elsewhere inspire me to write, there’s so much inspiration out there, you just need to remember to listen as well as to look.