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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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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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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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.
