Ready, Set, Go! My Blogging Challenge to Myself

For the past couple of years, I have been toying with the idea of blogging more frequently.  Like, a LOT more frequently…as in daily.  I have also toyed with the idea of opening the blog up for guest submissions in the areas of marketing and design (graphic, web, UI, etc.).  Currently, all of the blog posts you read here are written by me and something new posts to the blog once a week.

While I enjoy writing, I have been afraid of starting something that I might not be able to keep up.  I did not want to set a standard or an expectation from readers (not that I have many), and fail them and myself if I fell off of the wagon.  I realize that is the problem with fear.  You never get started.  You never get a chance to prove yourself right or wrong.  You never get a chance to fail or succeed.  So, today I start.

I might fail.  I might succeed.  I will not know either, if I do not start.  My challenge to myself is to blog almost daily.  Almost, because I am sticking to the work boundaries I have set for myself of not working on the weekends.  When I shut my computer down at 5pm on Fridays, it does not turn back on until 8am on Monday.  That will remain the same.  So my challenge is to blog everyday, Monday – Friday.

I have to give some credit to Chris Mance and his blog post here:  3 Reasons Why Blogging Daily is Easier Than You Think

Reading this post helped to push me make my decision to in the words of Nike, “Just Do It.”  I’ve also decided that I would like to have guest posters, but that’s a topic for another post!