Not Measuring Up

I’ve spent all day writing an article for this Ukrainian literary outlet that wants to publish my stuff. And it’s so hard to write because everybody on there writes a very sophisticated form of Ukrainian while I barely learned to write the regular kind very recently. I did 2,000 words, and there are exactly 2 fancy sentences in there, which took everything I’ve got.

I’m also being invited to give a talk at the conference of the Ukrainian National Museum of Literature because the organizers think I can elevate their event. I don’t know who they are confusing me with because – and this is no false modesty but simple self-awareness – I can do many things but I can’t elevate anything. Nor do I particularly want to.

I’m very much enjoying all of it but I wish I had spent more time preparing for this new role.