I’m so proud of consistently blogging here for 51 days in a row now. I have managed to write each day and publish the post prior to midnight in my time zone. I chose midnight as the cut off and decided I could not do make up days because the purpose of this challenge, for me, was to work on my consistency, perfectionism, and procrastination. With a rigid cut off time, I have forced myself to build consistent writing habit.
Some days are easier than others to come up with topics to write about. There have been days where the words flowed effortlessly and other days where I had to force myself to just start typing.
Some days I love what I’ve written and other days I’m like “eh”, but I’m ok with that now. It’s not that I want to publish words I’m not proud of, I just don’t think everything has to be perfect to be worth sharing anymore. Flawed doesn’t mean unimpactful. Perfect doesn’t mean inspiring. And who says every word you write has to be inspiring or perfect or impactful anyway?
Going forward, I think trying to be more consistent with when I write could be helpful. I don’t want to be so rigid that I struggle to write if it’s not the exact time I set aside, but I do think building a routine would help me. The only problem I see with this is that sometimes I want to write in the mornings and sometimes I want to write later in the day about something I experienced that day. Maybe I could try bookending my day by setting aside two periods to write, one in the morning and one later on. It’s something to explore.
49 more posts left to reach my goal of 100. When I first began this challenge I was committed, but worried about my ability to complete it. Now, at the halfway mark, I know that I can do this. I’m even considering doing another 100 day challenge or possibly attempting a year. It’s funny how much can change in 51 days.