Things I should have mentioned 27 days ago

Hello, anyone who happens to stumble upon this blog post!
While it is incredibly late in the month, I realized I should have said something about NaNoWriMo.
NaNoWriMo, for those who don't know, stands for National Novel Writing Month and it is a challenge to write a novel, or at least the first 50,000 words over the course of November.
I discovered it two years ago with it already nearly over and immediately loved the idea. I was determined to at least make a dent in that amount.
I wrote a grand total of four thousand something odd words. Which might be one of those little dings you notice in your car door and make a big deal about, but no one else thinks much of.
Last year I tried again, determined to do better. I managed a little over 5,000 words and decided my ideas were too complicated and that I didn't have time. I think I wrote it all one Saturday morning before my mom told me I needed to get off the computer and do something useful.
This year I am a college student. I have early morning classes, night classes, and then orchestra at a high school for between 45 minutes and 3 and a half hours depending on the day in the middle. I was part of a dramatic production. I had concerts to prepare for. I still have concerts to prepare.
But I pretty much decided not to care that my schedule was insanity and decided that the world would just have to deal with it, I was going to write a novel.
It's probably one of the most empowering things you can decide to do. Before I started I wasn't sleeping well, and was dealing with all manners of nervous energy. I seriously doubted my capabilities.
Now, twenty seven and a half days later, I have more than 45,000 words, and  85 standard pages in word. I'm on par for completion. It feels absolutely amazing.
My story might not be near being finished, but I have a massive start. Nearly every single day I have written something, whether it be a few dozen words or a few thousand. I've met wonderful, kind people also working to get their ideas out to the world.
But when November ends, I won't stop writing. Just because it will no longer be the officially sponsored and encouraged month of writing doesn't mean I won't try and do the same every month.
So I encourage you to write. If you have words inside of you, get them out on paper. Let them be self realized. You are beautiful. You have ideas and thoughts, and they matter. Remember that.