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What I Learned By Trying to Blog Every Day

It's the beginning of a new month and my goal of trying to publish a post every day came with mixed results. 

 Even though I managed to crank out 30 posts in 30 days, I wasn't able to do it consistently day after day. 

 Some days I had to write two in the same day. 

 Coming down the home stretch included getting three posts in within 48 hours. 

 June also included a 4 day vacation to the beach. I'm going to give myself props for getting through that weekend. 

 After going through the exercise, here is what I've learned:

  • It's possible to be more productive. If you have a goal, you will find ways to meet it. I used Hootlet on multiple occasions to schedule the distribution of posts. 
  • My quality incrementally improved. I still make the same grammatical errors, but I feel that by choosing a theme for each week, it was easier to focus on what to write. 
  • The habit of writing happened. I read that it takes 21 days to develop a habit. Maybe it's longer. Either way, at some point during the month, a nagging feeling appeared each day telling me to write.

Also, my respect for Seth Godin increased exponentially. He can publish every day AND do all of the other things that make him seem like he's everywhere. 

Oh.. and the final thing that I've learned is that even if you having nothing to write about and are staring at a blank screen, just get started. Sit there for as long as you have to. It will get done. It doesn't matter how great it is as long as you produce something. 

Eventually you'll produce enough that a small piece of it will be fantastic. 


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