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Thither'second more than to blogging than writing.
There's shopping. And learning!

Fifteen days agone I pledged to postal service here daily nearly ane topic. 

My usual blogging schedule is one time or twice a calendar month , then I knew I was jumping into the deep terminate of the puddle.

Try equally I did , I couldn’t speak myself out of signing on to The Nester’second 31-Day Challenge. I knew the dilema wouldn’t be lack of ideas. The dilema would be choosing which ideas I could plough into posts that would read equally interesting as well as helpful.

  

In other words , was I a proficient enough author , organizer , as well as crafter?

     

I learned seven unlike things.

I accept bad habits

The about value I've received from the challenge so far has been observing habits that I want to alter. These habits include -- only are not express to -- wretched fourth dimension management , overestimating my skillset , together with a tendency to skip to novel projects in addition to ideas earlier completing a previous i.

They enjoin the first pace to changing demeanour is to run across it. When my self-defeating habits became magnified , I am seeing how they really make boundary my productivity. The adjacent stride is to substitute a novel demeanour. I’1000 working on that!

I’ve even so got it (part of it , anyway)

When my children were inwards high schoolhouse their granddad bought them a video grade (it’second directly available on DVD) called “Where There’sec a Will There’s an A.”  We watched it together , and I learned things I want I had known in schoolhouse.

One of those things was that yous larn improve by revisiting at brief intervals what yous are studying. I was reminded of this written report method when I noticed that over the past fourteen days my calculator skills take improved.

Any blogger knows that blogging requires multiple steps. As long every bit I was posting monthly , I didn’t go the rapid repetition of tasks those steps called for – writing , editing , inquiry , camera function , photo editing , together with using social media. 

I’k 72 years quondam in addition to my curt-term retentiveness gears are get-go to slip. When you’re immature your encephalon absorbs like crazy. But aging makes learning new material more difficult. So I was encouraged by the improvements I made inward skills , generally the speed at which I was able to make routine blogging run. 

I was able to more than realistically gear up deadlines for myself together with keep to them. I developed a beat that helped me live more than efficient.

Study is Fun

To make sure I am not deadening my reader or looking stupid , I like to enquiry what others accept done online earlier getting besides far into whatsoever tutorial. 

For the by two weeks I’ve increased my agreement of my theme -- artwork’s function inward domicile staging.

One matter's for certain: at that place'second no shortage of creative minds out at that place together with people who are willing to percentage their expertise.

I too remembered how much I enjoy creating art to share , peculiarly printmaking. I took a college course in printmaking , together with realize at once how much I gained from it. Long-term retentiveness seems to amend amongst time!

Accountability works

I’ve always been a believer that if y'all socially admit a destination you’re more probable to reach it. I’ve written well-nigh how committing your intentions to a magazine or a friend acts every bit a boot inwards the pants.

Knowing that my button was on The Nester’sec site encouraged me to continue going. I felt I had an obligation together with I did non desire to quit because I knew I would feel like a loser. It didn’t even matter if people were reading my posts or non. But they were.

Be True to Yourself

The nearly mutual advice new bloggers receive is , “Just be yourself and you lot’ll succeed.” Use your own vocalism , the pros tell yous.

Useful advice if you’re full of self-confidence. But what virtually the residual of us? How do we settle on a vocalisation nosotros’re comfortable amongst?

When I had to write more than re-create in less fourth dimension than common , I had to write faster. Faster writing forced me role my ain phonation , and what I learned was that beingness myself isn’t all that scary. I directly write faster with less cease-as well as-become editing , fifty-fifty though I keep to instant guess every word I write. And re-write , and re-write.

Sometimes nosotros demand reminders why
nosotros do the things nosotros do.
Mug from CaféPress.

It’s a daughter thing

I likewise learned that stretching yourself is its ain advantage. When my hubby sees me working on DIY projects , as well as getting upwards in the eye of the night to write something I mean I might forget past morning , he wonders why I bother.

  

He doesn’t ask for an explanation. He’s skilful that mode. But I normally experience compelled to explicate.

“It’sec skilful for me ,” I enjoin him. “I postulate to pace outside my comfort zone. I necessitate a creative challenge.” 

I doubt this makes feel to him , simply I am selling more than eBooks , and he does observe that.  

I like caffeine

Lastly , I discovered (duh!) this was non a skillful time to effort to get common cold turkey on coffee. 

Perhaps I'll detect additional lessons during the ii remaining weeks of the challenge. Fingers crossed.