Well, I knew it was going to happen. Just thought I’d make it at least until July before I’d miss a day of writing.
Yesterday was quite crazy busy and suddenly it was midnight. And it’s not that I didn’t write anything. I actually wrote two different proposals yesterday. And emails. And tweets & casts. And more dm’s than I can count. Which kind of drained the writing energy from me.
I started this a couple weeks ago, mostly for myself to help me process my inner monologue, and as a way to unpack what I took away from FarCon. (And I haven’t even scratched the surface on that yet.)
But yesterday was a miss. So today I made it my first priority. Because I know that if I skip today as well, that will likely be the end. Just like all the New Year’s resolutions of years past that have gone by the wayside after that initial excitement.
This writing process has been an interesting experiment for me. I even have this tiny audience who actually reads what I write! That’s a bit of a surprise actually. And it changes this experiment because now there’s a little piece of accountability there. And maybe that’s the key. Maybe that’s why I knew this morning. I wanted to make this the first thing I did.
It would be so easy to give up, just give in to the busyness of life and let this go. It’s not an obligation. No one‘s going to fire me if I don’t write today. But it feels like almost a calling, something I need to do.
And lately, that’s how I feel about my Web3 life. Most of what I do in the space is unpaid and by my own initiative. And it’s also some of the most rewarding work I’ve done in my life. I’ve had more job satisfaction in some thing that’s not a job than most jobs that I’ve had.
So I’ll continue to write. And hope to spark more discussions around what I’m writing.
And ironically Cher is singing to me right now “if I could turn back time.” Yes Cher, if I could turn back time, I would’ve found a way to get my writing done yesterday. Oh well.
