My 50th daily post (and lessons learned)

This is the 50th day since I committed to writing one post every day. I'm halfway there, which feels great. That said, I'm worried about the latter half of this journey, as the peak season is fast approaching for my day job.

In any case, since I made it this far, I think it's time to share what I've learned.

Perseverance really requires a deep interest

I honestly like to write. If I didn't, I would have given up long ago. Writing is my preferred medium of communication. I am a much better writer than I am a speaker. There's something to be said about working on one's weaknesses, but I'm not sure I'd still be in the game if I had decided to, say, make 100 videos in 100 days.

Procrastination is still a thing

Subscribers will note that I often post very close to midnight, and almost never post prior to 10pm. Even knowing that I must write one post per day, I still leave it till the last possible moment. Life is full of distractions and perceived obligations. We need to make time. In my case, the easiest way is to force myself to leave my evenings open.

Internal promises are not kept

I once stated that I would write two blog posts per day during weekends. That never happened. There was nothing to hold me accountable, since no one could see whether I actually wrote extra blog posts. I'm writing about this problem right now, and yet I still won't write extra blog posts this weekend.

To change situation, I would need to find some way to hold myself accountable.

Updating once per day may be too frequent

I'm not sure that people want to read what I write every day. I recently looked at my mailbox, and saw a sea of blog post update emails from myself. Honestly, it feels like spam, which really is a pity since I do spend a lot of time writing each post. Perhaps less is more. (I'll stop here before I try to talk myself out of my 100-day challenge.)

It gets harder

In the beginning, I had numerous topics I wanted to write about. What I've realized is: to share useful things requires me to constantly learn useful things. This gets particularly difficult when the top thing in my mind is something that I'm hesitant to share. (I know it shouldn't matter, and yet I still feel that no one would be interested in my plans to open a bookstore.)

It's nearing midnight once again. I've been procrastinating because I was doodling yet another possibility of what my ideal bookstore might look like. This time, it looks a lot like a miniature WeWork with some bookcases added in:

Maybe I should sleep and visit some bookstores this weekend for real ideas.