This post is a special milestone in that it is my 100th blog post. When I started this blog, I decided to make one post each day for as long as possible. And, just as I had planned, I have not missed a single day since I started blogging back in August. I’ve learned a good bit from the journey thus far and I’d like to talk about some things I’ve noticed.
Writing about my ideas has helped me remember them in everyday life, especially when it comes to life hacks. Whether I’ve found something on my own or learned about it from someone else, I can recall useful things more easily once I’ve sat down and thought them through. This is helpful in stressful situations as those are the only times when I need life hacks, so having easy access to them is essential for getting back to a good place. I’ve always known that writing something with a pencil or pen aids in remembering it later and it’s nice to see that this is also the case for writing on the computer.
Except for the time I was in Georgia for Classic City Swing 7, I’ve written something every day; I wrote and scheduled a bunch of posts in advance so I wouldn’t have to write anything during that trip or go without posting for that span of time. No matter what I’ve had going on in my life, I’ve found time to think of an idea and flesh it out into a blog post. I’m surprised that I’ve managed to accomplish this because, while there have been a few occasions in which I’ve had a plethora of ideas, there have been many more times in which I’ve struggled to either come up with an idea or figure out how to express it. Still, I’ve always found inspiration somewhere and I’m glad that I’ve stuck to my goal.
Something that motivates me to keep writing is the feedback. I’ve gotten a lot of good feedback about my posts. Several people have told me on multiple occasions that they enjoy reading my thoughts, find value in some of my ideas, and appreciate my writing style as well as my consistency in posting. It’s one thing if I benefit from the stuff I talk about here, but when other people find value in it as well, that tells me that it truly has value and I’m not just tricking myself into thinking it works. Since I’ve long wanted to leave the world better than I found it, this positive feedback has been wonderful to hear and lets me know that I’m on the right track.
Now that I’m 100 posts in, I have a pretty good idea of what I’m doing and I plan to keep going for as long as I can. My writing should improve over time but that will be the only change in the foreseeable future. I’m still going to keep writing about things I enjoy and make my life better, and I’m going to continue putting up a new post every day. I do benefit from writing out my ideas as I mentioned earlier, but what I truly love about having a blog is that it lets me easily share my ideas with other people. To everyone reading this, whether you’ve followed along from the beginning or jumped on board somewhere along the way, thank you. Thank you for reading my ideas, for giving me positive feedback, and for telling me how some of my posts have benefited you. I’m grateful that you’ve joined me on this journey and I look forward to seeing where it takes us next.