I committed to a #30daybloggingchallenge. Here’s what it’s like on Day 6.

Today is Friday. Sunday I committed to a #30daybloggingchallenge which I set up for myself to overcome my resistance to writing. Today is Day 6 and here’s what has happened so far.

1. Creative blocks are felt in the body, and get resolved through creative flow. My back and hip pain basically went away after Day 2.
2. Once you unleash creativity you unleash energy. After Day 2, I started staying up way later and waking up before the sun without an alarm. I am full of energy, and I feel a bit manic.
3. There is always something to write about. I can’t believe that just 6 days ago I thought I didn’t know what to write about. This is an ABSURD idea. There is simply so much to write about…. the only question is where to begin, and how to write about all of it!!
4. Take the short and simple path. Writing directly on Medium.com has been a total game changer. I can’t understate this. The joy of writing in Medium was discovered accidentally. I had heard others say the same, but I always thought I’d be missing out on an opportunity to be strategic or use a cool plugin or overcome my own monkey mind. I didn’t realize that this high ideal (be creative at the same time as you are being strategic) was not attainable. I used to write on wordpress, or test out other tools…