Change and Challenges

“What you are is what you have been. What you’ll be is what you do now.” -Buddha


I am in a transitioning phase and this quote expresses exactly where I am. 
I have been thinking about what I want and doing a lot of what I would do this if...


And now its time to start doing. 


In terms of  writing literary work I wrote a story in May and sent it in to Small Axe journal   I entered their Literary Competition so I can't share it here. But it felt good to write something and complete a piece and to actual share it and have it critiqued. I am looking forward to the outcome of that. 


I am also writing something else but the idea keeps shifting I have been writing since December 31 2010 I want to complete it and share it with you by the end of this September. 


This is a challenge to myself I have publicly stated what I am doing and my intention and so it is up to me to deliver on my commitments.   


I also want or rather I will at the end of September create a separate space/blog to share my stories and other forms of creative expressions as they come to me. 


Tomorrow I am back to being a Researcher and I happy and grateful for that. I enjoyed my three month stint in broadcast journalism but news writing is simply not for me. 


So my challenge to myself is to complete and share my story by the end of September and to complete my  academic research paper "Positioning Grandy Nanny as a Proponent of Black Power" by December 2011. 


And Happy Emancipation Day!