Welcome to the Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge brought together by WEGO Health – a social network for all health activists. Again, I am participating in the annual Writer’s Month Challenge in which I will be writing about my health activism and health condition based upon prompts given.
Today’s prompt reads as follows:
You made it! 30 posts in 30 days! Today, write a recap of your experience. What was your favourite prompt? Least favourite? What have you learned?
Well, I did it!! For the second consecutive year I have managed to complete all 30 days with no need to use the ‘free-pass’ cards!! It feels like a huge accomplishment especially as I have experienced several bad days. Preparation seemed to be the key this year, especially as I am busy with other activities such as the Monday and Wednesdays groups that I am involved with and the day out once a week with my Personal Assistant means that I am not in the house all of the time, so I had to write many of the prompts before the day that it was published.
Just like last year, I immensely enjoyed the month-long writing challenge – I loved the challenge of all the prompts. The prompts are not only a lot of fun to write but I also feel that the prompts enable us to look and write about our particular health conditions differently than we would normally. For example, some of the prompts required me to write about topics that I might never would normally. For example, the topic of burnout was selected to be discussed from one of the prompts, and if it wasn’t for the HAWMC I might never have written about the topic. One of the prompts that I found particularly challenging was the Acrostic Poem from Day 13 (Acrostic Poem of my Health Condition) – it wasn’t necessarily the subject matter that was challenging as the whole blog is about living with my health condition, but the form itself. I haven’t written a poem in many years so it was quite a challenge being asked to write one – just glad that I prepared in plenty of time and was able to write a decent attempt!
The prompts like always were a mixture of being, fun, challenging as well as being thought-provoking. One prompt I really enjoyed, but initially found very challenging was the post regarding Adversity (“The flower that blooms in adversity…”). I initially found it very difficult to write especially regarding when I bloom best. However, although I found it challenging, I thought in the end it was one of my favourite and best written post! I also loved the prompt which asked us to ‘spread the love’ and thank some of our favourite health activists; this was such a great opportunity for me to thank those who have supported me and helped me through some tough times with illness (Sharing the Love! I would like to thank…).
I would also thankful for the Wordless Wednesday posts, as it gave a break from writing long posts and was fun coming up with creative photographs and drawings to dictate something without using words! Would love to make this a regular feature but would need some ideas! If anyone has links or ideas to do this please comment below and share!
Least favourites? Perhaps some of the prompts that I had written about during previous writing challenges such as the post regarding caregiving (Carers, How to treat those you care for), and discussing favourite social networks (Why I Love to Tweet) to name but two.
Anyhow, regardless of the good and the bad through the experience of this writing challenge it was a challenge that I thoroughly enjoyed and look forward to taking part next year! Thank you WEGO Health!
What did you think of my posts for the HAWMC? What were your favourite posts to read? Any you didn’t enjoy reading? Loved to hear your views so please feel free to leave any comments/suggestions!
