Half Way Through Counting

Day 50 has now passed and after 8 weeks of blogging every week day I hit a wall and stopped writing. Initially I tried to work out why but have now decided that it doesn't matter why I stopped writing then, it matters that I am writing now. It is time to remind myself why I was doing this in the first place.

I heard that new CEOs can do a 'course' of sorts whereby they learn how to best do their high-flying job. One of the ideas is to count the first 100 days in the job with the theory being that if you are going to achieve anything you'll begin it in those first 100 days. Taking that idea I thought it would be useful to do that myself in regards to my writing career. By writing every week day I become accountable. It works on the principle that I am always prepared to do things for others and less inclinded to do things for myself. By making this commitment online I feel unwilling to let readers down after having made a promise, so it compels me to blog. Furthermore, it spurs me to action instead of inaction, meaning that every day I do something towards my goal of being published by mainstream publishing and becoming a bestselling author.

This all started when I wrote my bucket list a few years ago. One of the things on the list was to write a bestselling novel. Well, I've written the novel (I've written 3) - now I need to make it a bestseller. Perhaps the next one I write will be a bestseller.

Tomorrow I'll tell you some more things that are on my bucket list. Perhaps you might like to write one of your own.