I wrote for 21 days on Medium

7 Lessons I gleaned from my daily writing habit

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When I began writing 22 days ago on Medium, I had only one core intention: Write regularly and build a daily writing habit.

Of course, it didn’t need that many days to build this particular habit, but I just found myself enjoying it so much that before I knew it, 21 days had elapsed (22, if you count this post).

As I began writing this post, it kept getting longer and longer until it hit me:

I shouldn’t be writing about it here; I should be writing it on my own blog.

So I deleted the original post and then wrote this quick and snappy piece.

Here’s the link to the detailed, 4000-word post on How to Create a Blog that stands out in a Crowd

In short though, here are some key takeaways and ideas going forward:

1. I enjoyed writing on Medium because it gave me the energy needed to get back to a daily writing habit. In other words, this is a great practice ground.
2. Writing everyday here showed me that I could work on what matters, if I put my mind to it.
3. My current focus is working on publishing two e-books for bloggers by December 2020. Writing here daily gave me the impetus to start working on the first of those two e-books simultaneously. I completed the first 5 pages of that e-book in just one day.
4. If I can write daily on Medium, I can work daily on my blog. It’s just a question of priorities.
5. Social media is a tool; as long as we use it that way, it’s very effective.
6. Writing more made me naturally want to read more. My Goodreads profile is looking very satisfied at the moment.
7. Writing on Medium is easy; it’s important not to fall into a state of complacency. Deep work is where true growth happens.

What this also means is that my daily writing on Medium will continue as a practice ground but I will continue to write daily, whether it’s here, on my Blog or on linkedin.

The key is to keep writing.

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