Happy Present Easter 2022

Mountain landscape
Mars? With snow?

Writing prolifically is uncharted territory.

A wilderness that sometimes (more like rarely) feels more like Mars than Earth.

Mostly Earth.

Like 99.79% of the time.

That’s about 4,790 days out of 4,800.

Or, on Mars, about 10 days out of 4,800.

Prior to last week, only three times have i thought, “Is it time to stop writing?”

Then last week, seven days in a row.

Ten days, so only three times before last week – or about once every 4.5 years the question comes up, “Time to quit writing?”

Point zero-zero-zero-six-five percent (0.00065%) (3 divided by 4,800 = .00065)

Infinitesimal.

The past week has been seven of those ten days on Mars.

Is it time to stop writing?

Why stop?

What about the streak?

What about 4,800 consecutive days of routine?

What about contribution?

What about the trail?

No one reading this will be able to relate to what i think, say, or do from writing 24,000+ blog posts.

Two hours a day.

Day after day.

Month after month.

Year after year.

Breakthroughs.

Profound self-discovered insights.

Aha’s.

BFO’s.

And on rare occasions, aliens.

Like, “Maybe it’s time to stop blogging.”

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‘Twas the night before April Fools

Disney Keynote Speaker
Photo: me and Chris Caracci at University of Iowa facilitating Disney Institute business insights. The year this was taken had to be near the year i started blogging, 2008.

‘Twas the night before April Fools Day.

Today ends 11 consecutive years, 4,018 consecutive days, and 20,000+ blog posts.

Yeah, but dude, how about some books?

i hear ya.

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Could blogging end in a month?

Disney Speakers jeff noel
Original insights like this are birthed by prolific thinking, writing, publishing, and speaking.

Could blogging end in a month?

The idea has been swimming around for about a year.

In less than 30 days i complete year 11 (eleven) of writing five daily, differently-themed blog posts, never missing a single day.

Remarkable.

But why?

It began as a 100-day self-imposed writer’s bootcamp so i could practice writing in order to write and publish my first book.

Miraculously reaching the 100-day goal, i decided to continue daily writing because of the way it helped me think clearly and differently.

One surprising milestone after another and here we are at the cusp of starting a 12th year.

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Reprise from yesterday’s insight about wisdom and our thoughts

Sanibel sunrise
Every day that you wake up (alive) is an opportunity to do the impossible.

 

Reprise from yesterday’s insight about wisdom and our thoughts…

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Had my first drink at 13 the Summer of 1972.

Somewhere around 18 i went full-time.

At 41, on my third “no, this time i mean it” attempt, i stopped.

Impossible is nothing…

There was no middle ground for me. Every day or not at all. i quit on New Year’s Eve (not New Years Day), the biggest drinking day in the world.

Prior, i promised myself i’d stop if my wife got pregnant. Did well for a little while, but failed.

Made another promise, “When the baby is born.”

Did well for even longer (about 6 months) than the first failure, but failed again.

Then, as our Son was almost 1.5 years old, i decided Dec 30 would be my last drinking day.

That was 2001.

Failure paves the way for success if you want it bad enough.

 

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Quit it like you mean it

just do it
From an email i subscribe to. Yesterday’s in-box.

 

Quit making excuses.

Quit putting it off.

Quit complaining about it.

Quit dreaming about it.

Quit whining about it.

Quit crying about it.

Quit believing you can’t.

Quit worrying if you can.

Quit waiting until you’re older.

Quit waiting until you’re skinnier, richer, braver.

Quit waiting for conditions to be better.

Quit it already.

 

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