a documentary a day...for a week

So.  I haven't posted a blog post for months.  In fact I haven't written one, deliberated over its validity, decided it's crap and then deleted it for just as long either.  What does this mean?  I haven't written a word in one of these blogger boxes since around New Year.  So what?  Well.  I guess I feel that if I have a vessel for writing openly (i.e. not a journal or diary that only I see) I should use it.  If I'm not using it, it's equivalent to suggesting I don't think my thoughts are valid or worth noting.  "Your thoughts are valid" is an affirmation (of sorts) I remind myself of often.  Really often.  However, if I push these more negative thoughts to one side a little, I'd realise that the reason I haven't posted is a little more muddled than that and is actually more about this year truly flying by at a pace unknown to me before now, combined with my intrinsic laziness (which leads to the not writing, painting, photographing, cooking,making etc etc that I constantly feel urged to change and guilty over.)  Add a smidge of not feeling that what I have to say is worthwhile, and you have the perfect combination for not bothering to write anything.

I'm now mildly impressed with myself for explaining my lack of writing with a proper written ramble.  Not sure what that means.

Anyhow, not on to the actual subject at hand.  Documentaries.  This week I have provided myself with a 'challenge.'  Said challenge is actually very easy and one I'll thoroughly enjoy therefore I will be a champion challenge winner at this rate!  Huzzah!

Last week I decided to watch Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father.  This is one of my favourite documentaries (it's incredibly sad, but excellent) as it takes me to the brink emotionally at every corner.  I've seen this film probably around ten times now, and every time my hand shoots up to my mouth at warp speed in shock and sadness.  My eye well up and cry uncontrollably.  It just does that.  Watching Dear Zachary got me on a bit of a documentary kick. I watch lots of films per week, and recently around 2-3 at the cinema per week.

The challenge I challenged myself with is this:  a documentary a day for a week.
Basically, seven documentaries over the course of the next week.  I have a load lined up, and in three nights I've already totalled around 5, so am going to smash my challenge (theoretically).

So far, so good.  I've enjoyed (almost) all of my choices, and save for a couple I've been watching documentaries I haven't seen before.

When the week is up, I'm going to check back in here with a run-down of them all and some reflections.

I like the idea of this challenge a lot, and am already thinking of 'a _____ a day for a week' equivalents I could challenge myself with!

Speak to you next week...xoxo