About every three years i’m tempted to skip a day of blogging

Looking out Jet window at dusk
The good news? It was a 10-mile drive to work from home. Beats an all day air-travel day.

 

About every three years i’m tempted to skip a day of blogging. Today was one of those days. While it’s only 8:30pm (yes, pm), i’m running on fumes.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s a good tired.

Yet, i’d love to close my eyes, right now, until morning.

 

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Twenty-three days and counting down to the 8th year

Advent definition screen shot
Advent is the arrival of something.

 

We see inspirational messages about how someone started doing something unremarkable but over time it actually became remarkable because the person is still doing the same thing.

In a Universe full of “i got tired of it and stopped”, there’s a chance that the arrival – advent – of the eighth consecutive year of writing five daily, differently-themed blog posts could be the start of something remarkable.

It never was, and still isn’t, the goal.

That’s probably the coolest part of the whole thing.

 

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Not sure if i want to count down each of the next 28 days

Orlando based keynote motivational speaker
In this May 2010 photo (l-r): Book’s storyboard on floor, desk facing the wall, my first Macbook (from 2008) on desk, my last PC on desk.

 

Ever have a “How is this possible?” moment that coincides with another life milestone?

Not sure if i want to count down each of the next 28 days as this goes live (or, 128 days from now – as this is written). In 28 days i begin year eight of writing five daily, differently-themed blogs.

You get that what i’m writing today (Wednesday, November 25, 2015) stays in a to-be-published que for 100 days. What that means is tomorrow is Thanksgiving – and two years ago on Thanksgiving my first book was announced to the world.

Publishing a book on Amazon (and Kindle) was a stunning (and humble) accomplishment.

 

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2,400 bottles of beer on the wall…

Comic Book box
Speaking of genesis (below), photo from yesterday at the Comic Book store.

 

Today becomes the 2,400th consecutive day of writing five daily, differently-themed blog posts…12,000 posts:

Mind • Body • Spirit • Work • Home

Prior to April Fools Day 2009, i had not gone more than three consecutive days, and had never written five posts in a single day.

The genesis was a self-imposed 100-day writer’s bootcamp.

The pre-genesis was the 1979 promise (as a college Junior) i made to write a book of wisdom “for my kids”.

 

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Why do i still write five daily blogs?

weather 10-day forecast screen
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.

  1. mind
  2. body
  3. spirit
  4. money
  5. 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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