zeal
- great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective.
Zeal is something I experienced when I first started this challenge, paired with both nervousness, panic, anxiety but all around excitement. I guess you could say that my journey with this challenge was a bit of a zigzag. It was like watching the stock market chart go up, go really up, then down, down some more, through the roof, crashing down and so on. It started with sheer excitement, looking forward to each post because inspiration was there and stories were a plenty and all was good. I felt I was writing from the heart and I was happy to share my experiences and wait for comments and likes. Then the days rolled by and the letters were getting hard to be creative with and some days I'm late. Most days I say up late to write a post and there was this one time where I had to make a post from my phone because I felt so committed.
Mid challenge and a little towards the end, I was starting to feel a little burnt out. I was questioning the sincerity and genuineness of my posts. The confidence that I had started with had crumbled away into dust, turning into self-consciousness and fear and I was very ready to quit. Luckily, I had friends that kicked my butt into gear and I pushed through with my zeal returning to me once more and I must say I'm quite proud of myself. It's definitely a bittersweet end. I've come across a few people due to this challenge and hopefully long term friendships will be made.