The Last Post, For Now

As I noted in a recent post, my life has become busier now that I have two paid coaching engagements, so finding the time to blog every day has become difficult. I thought I might simply blog less frequently, but I’ve discovered that without the impetus of coming up with something every day, my motivation has waned.

I published my first post on May 25, 2020, and then posted every day for 240 days. At first I aspired only to write every day, not necessarily finish and post something every day, but blogging daily turned out to be a good way of motivating myself to go to my office and write every morning, even when I had no idea going in what the topic would be.

Blogging started with a desire to find something to do during the pandemic that was generative and developmental, in contrast with all the consuming I was doing, like reading and watching TV. I considered taking music lessons or learning a second language, but chose writing because I liked it and wanted to get better at it.

And it worked. Last week one of my coaching assignments necessitated my writing an eight-page report. A few months ago that would have been daunting if not downright intimidating, but the writing came easily, and it was enormously satisfying. Clearly, I’ve strengthened a muscle.

I may do more writing but I haven’t decided what that will look like. I may even come back to blogging, though I might do it less frequently, and perhaps on a more limited range of topics. For now, the coaching I’m doing is giving me the creative outlet that blogging provided for almost eight months.

If you’re someone who checked in on my blog regularly, or even occasionally, thank you. Knowing you were reading motivated me to write as well as I could, which helped me get better over time. I wish you good health and happiness through the end of the pandemic and beyond.