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The tyranny of the blog

18 March 2008

I love having a blog. The freedom to write whatever I want is wonderful. (Way, way back in the day I had a column in PetLife magazine in which I could write whatever I wanted. It was exhilarating.)

But that freedom is a two-edged sword. With little structure surrounding what to write, and no deadlines, it can be very difficult to (1) take the time to post to my blog and (2) come up with something remotely meaningful to write.

Yesterday, I was listening to the podcast of success coach and author Michael Neill’s radio show on Hay House Radio called You Can Have What You Want. (That’s also the title of his first book, whose link you can click on at right.) Anyway, the episode I was listening to yesterday was called The War of Art and the guest was the author of the well-known book by that name, Steven Pressfield.

The interview was full of gems, but the one that’s sticking out to me today was the notion that daily writing is easier than weekly writing. Michael said he used to send out daily tips, then changed the frequency to weekly. After he did that, he said, the writing of the tips became much more difficult.

That speaks to the power of routine and habits, something that is so important for creating and maintaining order.

Since I’ve been having difficulty making the time to come up with the content and write this blog, I’m going to try an experiment. For the next week, I’m going to post here daily. Perhaps I’ll even start a chain in Don’t Break the Chain for it. If it works well for a week, perhaps I’ll try another week (never mind that the next two weeks are really busy for me, in terms of client load).

Watch this space to see if my experiment is a success!

Tagged with: blogs, don't break the chain, michael neill, routines, steven pressfield, time management, writing

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