State of the 365 Challenge
It’s day 35. I’ve definitely solidified a blogging habit, even if sometimes I groan as midnight approaches because I don’t feel like I have anything interesting to say.
(That’s when I pull up my “to blog about” bookmarks folder that I built up while not blogging this past fall. It’s helped me with content and/or inspiration.)
There are two important things about this newly formed blogging habit o’ mine:
- I am writing something every day for myself and for public consumption (and possibly entertainment, on a good day).
- I have set a goal for myself and am dedicated to achieving it.
Kind of obvious, right? Even though I’m only 9.5% through the challenge, I’ve already accomplished something that I’ve never accomplished before—blogging every day for a month. It’s been awkward, fun, and straining at times. But I’m sending a message to myself that says, Hey! You’re doing it! and Hey! You can probably do all those other things that seem too hard or like too much work if you set your mind to it.
Not exactly earth-shattering revelations, I know. But accomplishing this minor one-month goal has rewarded me with confidence, which has in turn rewarded me with motivation in general. I guess I just needed to find the right challenge.
Maybe that’s why it’s called a personal challenge. Durrrrr.
Have you seen http://dontbreakthechain.com/? It’s a little site for motivating yourself to keep doing something every day. It seems like it might be a good fit for your blogging challenge.
I think that your personal challenge has been very inspiring. I know I am inspired to start my own blog and challenge myself to write something for myself everyday. I especially liked your recap posts of Sundance.
Terra—Thank you! Make sure to share your blog link if you start one up. Sundance was a very bloggable subject, so that definitely helped me.
Nathan—I have a calendar widget on the top right of my blog design just for that purpose. It’s definitely motivating to see another blue link appear each day I blog and monitor the chain I’m building up. (P.S. Hi! It’s nice to hear from you!)