The big five-oh

No. Not my age.

The big five-oh I’m talking about is that I recently posted this site’s 50th post in 50 days.

Here are a few things I have learned from it that might help you:

  • It was hard. It was hard creating something on one topic each day. And many days, I didn’t want to post. I thought I had nothing to say. But…
  • It made me focus. I read three books on writing. Watched two SkilleShare courses on editing. And now, I am watching one on verbs of all things. The point is…
  • It made me think. When I started teaching at the university, I noticed things about business that I hadn’t noticed before. Simple things. Things like why we do this process. The steps for that process. The same thing happened here for writing. And then…
  • It forced me to create. I am inherently lazy. I don’t think I’m alone. Our brains are wired that way. I’ll look for reasons not to do something. But I had to share something. Even if that something wasn’t great…
  • It developed a habit. I am not sure if it was 21 or 30 or some other number. But if I think, “Why does it matter? No one is reading. No one will care…or know. I’ll just skip it today.” I do it anyway. And doing it anyway – even something small – maintains the momentum.

I know these are my lessons about writing about writing. But I think they translate to any subject. No?