Yesterday (27th)…and today (28th), one day after another…
Why do i still write five daily blogs?
Good question.
It’s been six and one-half years.
Every. Dang. Day.
Five differently-themed blogs.
mind
body
spirit
money
hq
What if i told you i don’t know why exactly?
Except for this: It’s literally impossible to begin the day without this two-hour morning investment. As the saying goes…”I set out to change the world, when in reality i changed myself.”
Is it a lot of work?
Yes.
You know what else is a lot of work?
Spending a lifetime wondering about what could have been if we would have applied ourselves more, differently, better.
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Last week in Valparaiso, IN. No one cares about this photo and that’s the coolest part of posting it.
Better late than never. A phrase we have heard since we were children. Why? Because it’s true.
It’s better to make difficult, positive changes to correct poor habits than it is to not change. Sounds backwards but it’s true…
Better late than never is not always about change.
Sometimes it’s about becoming aware of something that wasn’t fully understood – something that once understood, gives us courage and strength in a way we never saw coming.
Writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different websites) has happened every single day since April 1, 2009.
i don’t write for:
SEO
Followers
Fame
Sales
i write because it transforms me.
The transformation is facilitated by the illumination from a daily habit that is public and transparent – also known as accountability.
Without accountability we are sunk. And by accountability, i’m not talking about some bull crap theory-looks-good-on-paper accountability.
Accountability that is so easy to recognize, it’s impossible to hide.
The colors were carefully and intentionally chosen.
Walt Disney’s biggest risk was investing in things people never notice.
People ask me what does it mean to over manage the details others either under manage or ignore?
The blog header colors intentionally symbolize something 99.99% will never understand:
Gray: We think with our mind, the gray matter
Brown: We move with our body, brown is the median human skin color
Red: We feel with our heart, everyone bleeds red
Green: We earn from our work, American currency is green
Blue: We dwell at our home, and deep blue is my favorite color
Why do it if most never notice?
Disney’s secrets for over managing a vibrant organizational culture are context neutral, meaning the prevailing wisdom that Disney uses can be used anywhere, even on my blogs.
But our mornings are so busy that we don’t take time to get centered before we get going.
There are a few freaks who believe that balance must be the daily habit.
Never in a million years right?
Self-fulling prophecy got it’s name because it’s true.
But we can retrain our habits by rethinking our priorities.
For example, if you are not going to exercise today, it’s because you have intentionally thought through that today is a rest day.
Of course, there are rare, emergency circumstances that warrant not exercising on days that are not designated for rest. We should allow for about one every month or so.
Screen shot from a friend’s Facebook feed last night. Real life in real time.
A Facebook status update from one minute ago
For curious minds only please…
One day while traveling i was very concerned about something.
It’s a first world problem that is as trivial as it gets…
What if my travel schedule made it impossible to write the five daily blogs?
So i wrote an extra day’s worth (5) the morning before departing on a long flight.
Worst case didn’t happen and i was able to write like normal the next morning.
This meant that there was now a surplus of one day.
Over time, usually on a particularly productive/inspiring weekend, after writing the normal five blogs, i’d keep writing.
Eventually this led to having a one week surplus (35 posts, or seven days multiplied by five extra posts for each website).
Somewhere between year two and three writing got even more intense and a 30-day surplus was created. i wasn’t writing to build a surplus, it’s just that i couldn’t stop writing on some days.
It was not uncommon to write 10-12 hours on a Saturday and 10-12 hours on Sunday too. A weekend like that might produce 25 – 50 posts (five to ten days worth).
Between years three and four, the surplus grew to 90 days and finally capped at 100 days ahead, a 500 blog post surplus.
Crazy.
What i’m about to write today (Aug 19) won’t go live until November 27.
It’s quirky.
It’s real.
And until it happened, it was also impossible.
So, you know those things you dream about but self-talk yourself out of?
Here’s to challenging you to stop saying you can’t.
How’s this for impossible…
It’s been 2,332 days in a row writing 5 daily, differently-themed posts. Then add in another 100 day surplus, and that’s 12,160 blog posts.
