Blogmas Day 6 - Getting in the reps
I’m not an impulsive person. But last week I impulsively decided to start a self-imposed challenge to post to my blog every day for 25 days.
There’s no real risk involved, but it’s an opportunity to show myself that I’m capable of doing what I say I’m going to do when it comes to my own interests and aspirations. Which is a big deal. I can’t actually remember anything I’ve done solely for myself to my full and best ability just because I wanted to do it. Usually I end up planning myself into a corner and when the time comes to sit down and write, the ideas don't translate into anything real.
I’ve watched from the sidelines as ideas I’ve sat on for far too long, get brought into the world by someone who skipped the endless quagmire of planning and just started doing the damn thing.
To do something for the first time is to do it imperfectly and to potentially do it wrong. But after you actually do it, you officially become open to the opportunity to improve it later. You can’t improve what doesn’t exist.
This 25 days of writing is me doing it imperfectly. Getting in the reps. Somewhere along the way I’ll find my real voice and be able to draw a direct connection back to this one impulsive decision to share my writing (whether anyone reads it or not) for 25 days. It’ll be worth it.
Talk later!
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