2024 Evaluation: Item #3 → Write

This post is continuing this series.

Commitment #3:

Write → I’ll be posting something every day here on eyeintim, and some of that writing will continue to feed into every weekend’s Snack Pantry.

Grade = C

I posted 270 times here on eyeintim in 2024, which means 74% of the time, hence the grade. C seems like a low grade, but I’m overall pretty happy with how much I posted. It dropped off a cliff at the end of the year, so need to keep the momentum going this year.

The goal of my posts isn’t the posts themselves. I rarely revisited a post once it’s up. Rather it’s a forcing function to get me in the habit of creating something & writing every day. I’m trying to become a better writer, as writing is crucial if any of my businesses are going to succeed, and the best way to become a better writer is to write, write, write.

Writing also helps me clarify my thoughts, and sometimes even lets me know what I actually believe. Many times I’ll be pretty surprised with what spits out of my brain in a writing session, and that I actually believe what I just wrote 🤷🏻‍♂️

I did feel like I cheated a bit this year by counting Snack Pantry link recommendations as writing, though. Introducing & summarizing a link feels like the bare minimum of a writing habit. It came closer to real writing when I’d spend a paragraph my view on the link’s content, but I started doing this less & less as the months passed.

That said, writing has indeed started to feel like it’s a habit, and I feel a little off if I don’t do some of it each day, especially in the form of a post here. So, even though I only have one main commitment this year, posting something every day is again something I’m striving for, all to help me build a tour business.