Today marks the end of 13 weeks straight of daily (Monday – Friday) blog posts. That’s 65 posts in a row. A number I never thought I could achieve, much less want to.
How did I do it?
Good question. And of course the simple answer is one post at a time.
I know beyond a doubt that had I set out to blog every weekday for three months, I would have quit long ago. That number would have seemed insurmountable.
In fact, it still does.
If I think about continuing to blog this frequently for another 13 weeks, I feel a contraction, a tightness in my chest, a narrowing in my throat. It seems like too much. But if I look at my chain, and see that if I keep blogging through Tuesday of next week, I’ll have blogged five days a week for three complete calendar months.
That milestone seems bigger than the effort that will be required to reach it. I can enjoy a deep breath, and feel tingles of excitement when I consider the possibility. In other words, totally doable.
And that has been the key.
Finding the thing that excites and inspires me and feels doable. That’s how I keep posting every day.
Crowd favorites.
With 65 posts over the last three months, some have ended up being more popular than others. Today I want to share with you a few that have been most popular with you, the reader.
Bring Your Stick to Someone Who Can Throw It
About NLP: You Have All The Resources You Need
Tomorrow I’ll share some that haven’t been seen by as many people, but I really want you to read.
Photo Credit: 13th Birthday Minis by Sugar Daze on Flickr
Congrats, Shannon! It’s really an important lesson in how our perception of the possibility of doing something can influence whether we try it. One post at a time.
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