Beyond Being Addicted to HubPages!

Beyond being addicted to HubPages, a test of endurance.

I should give up, but my brain won’t allow it. I have been pounding out hubs for over twenty- two hours. I am a fool on a mission. I have come past the point of being addicted to HubPages.

All day I have been asked what would happen if I didn’t finish this challenge. Well, technically I failed by not finishing my thirty hubs in thirty days when the midnight mark passed. I could have stopped.

I could have walked away and said, “Oh, well, maybe next time.”

Nope, I thought about it, looked at how far I had come in just a few hours and decided that I would finish this challenge.

So, I am a day late…who cares but me? Can anyone else say they published 21 hubs in a 24 hour time frame? YES! I am sure there are people out there doing it right now. It has become a sickness...An addiction!

My mind is numb, but the ideas are flowing. It is staggering to think of how much coffee I had consumed in the last 24 hours. I can guarantee that I gained ten pounds eating candy, attempting to get a sugar rush to keep going.

I am not afraid to take this challenge. I am not afraid of failing. I am not afraid of what may come tomorrow. I am living for now, in this moment. I am fulfilling my addiction to finish what I have started.

The thrill of crossing the finish line is just in arms length. Can it be done? Will I trip up and fail? What do I write about? Should I take shortcuts, or write what I think people will be interested in reading?

Will it be humor, Christian reading, informative hubs, or recipes that will draw them in...Bigfoot? I glance at the clock. The minutes are ticking by as I flip through my notes. Nothing is catching my attention.

I let the music drift through my mind. I am tired. My eyes feel like sandpaper, but I refuse to quit.

I stop for a moment to read a HubPages forum. My focus is wavering. I come across a question. It is tempting to stop and answer it, but the clock is calling out to me. Another minute passes as I try to decide what to do.

Sleep or Write…Sleep or Write…Sleep or Write?...

The beat of the music pounds through my head in a rhythm crying out to write. I am almost there. I can see the finish line. The sickness is setting in again. I will not be defeated by this challenge!

My mind clears as I swallow the hot liquid and feel the burn down my throat. Bones pop as I stretch, shaking away the cobwebs. Only a few more hubs now, not much longer, till I can sleep a peaceful sleep knowing I did it. I beat my record.

Are you writing hubs as fast as you can to beat your mark? Or are you hovering around the forums looking for something interesting to talk about? What is your addiction to HubPages? Will you admit it to yourself that you can’t walk away from your computer without checking every so many hours to see what the latest hub is or comment in the forms? How about your email? Do you check it every hour or so looking for a response to your latest hub you posted? Is your laundry piling up as your dishes grow penicillin? Are you on Facebook or Twitter as much as HubPages?

I am telling you, it is a sickness that enters in and consumes you when you aren’t looking.