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I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

I did it.

I wanted to make 100k before grad school, before June, before I got bored with a project as has often been the case with writing in the past.

But not this time. I don’t have a big topic in this piece. Nor any particularly inspiring message or insight.

I just wanted to encourage any of you creatives out there, those with a dozen followers or several hundred thousand. Keep creating, keep making, keep getting your hands dirty. Keep writing, keep drawing, keep snapping, keep singing. Keep making weird stuff, accessible stuff, quirky stuff, normal stuff.

Don’t let that jerk in your head or that gremlin in your heart stop you from producing things that matter to you. I haven’t “made” it, I still write things that are probably too long, too inaccessible, too weird, but I’m making them for me and then for an audience. I encourage you to do the same. If you don’t like your own pieces, how can someone else?

The handful of sincere and insightful comments I’ve received mattered more to me than the two essays reposted on Relevant. Why? Because a hundred thousand people could read a piece of mine, but if it made no impact, did not encourage, or had no tears shed whilst reading than as a piece it doesn’t matter. It is not the quantity of responses that matter but the quality.

For those who have responded, for those who read some, for those who read all of my pieces, for my closest and dearest friends and family and for the random strangers who stumbled onto my blog in the randomest of ways, thank you. Without you, I wouldn’t have made it to my goal of 100k.

Update of sorts: I actually think I may stop posting on here as often because a new project has peeked my interest. About twenty-something, about a guy who is a codependaholic, and about this boy who stumbles upon a time machine that can fast forward him to the day he’s always, always, always dreamed of. Stay tuned as I’ll likely post updates or maybe even snippets of it.

I”m calling it A Right Time for Love.

I hope it, along with every single blog on here, will end up being a blessing.

Peace everybody.

Caleb