Why This Daily Blog Exists
There has been many iterations of this blog, but with all life’s other tasks, how do I keep this up and not miss a day? I’ll tell you. Why this daily blog exists.
‘You don’t have a singular place in the real world unless you have multiple in your head. The world won’t accept you if you don’t accept yourself.’
Diligence?
Passion?
Necessity?
Habit.
All of the three questions above feed into the fourth word.
Habit.
That’s how I do it.
It’s just like waking up in the morning, eating and sleeping.
It’s habit.
It’s the one task that has been on my to-do list every single day without fail. No matter continent nor timezone.
Every day before the clock strike twelve, there is a new blog.
The blog has consisted of different things.
From very personal stories to daily events.
Some sad, some happy and a lot philosophical.
Is there much of a point?
No, not really.
But that’s the beauty. It’s the one thing I do in my life that doesn’t have much of a point.
Do I get paid?
No.
Do I want to scale it?
No.
What do you want to do with it?
Keep writing.
It’s not really a complicated formula.
I write some words in a weird format based on my thoughts that day.
Sometime thoughts of the day before if I forgot to write about it the day before.
It’s nothing special.
It’s just consistent, and that’s maybe why people think it’s impressive.
It’s really just honesty and transparency between myself and whoever is reading this.
Do you edit it?
I used to, now I don’t care.
Do you read it once written?
No.
Do you ever read it?
Yes — months down the line.
So… what’s the point of this again? Can’t you spend your time on something better?
Sure. But I do that for the rest of the day.
This is my relaxation and that’s the only point.
My mental health is much too valuable a commodity to me to not take this time away.
So why does it exist?
I knew 2018 would be a pretty good year before it even got started.
Coming back from UT Austin, I felt that I had gained some life experiences where I was unsheltered and completely exposed.
I just felt a bit different.
I wanted to document it.
I wanted to see how I changed throughout the year.
I wanted to see if it had an impact.
So why do you publicise it?
Accountability.
When people know you’re doing something, they take their own form of interest.
Whether they read the blog as their guilty pleasure or religious read it everyday, or jump on it when they see a title they like — it builds this sense of accountability.
Some people actually (I don’t know why) expect me to write everyday.
What has this blog done for you?
Nothing. It has just allowed me to separate the days.
What has this blog done for others?
You’ll have to ask them.
I get messages occasionally about how they like the content or how it helped them.
That’s always cool.
I’m just living my life so for it to impact others through writing is always sentimental, I really appreciate those comments.
Have you received criticism for what you write?
Of course.
It’s an emotional space, I rarely use logic while writing this and it affects people in different ways.
Would you recommend anyone else to start a daily blog?
No.
Because it’s hard work.
And a lot of people don’t want to put in the hard work for no reward.
Don’t you know what you’re doing is really progressive?
Maybe. But on who’s scale?
I’m not special, I just made a choice to dream big and execute.
Others haven’t got to that decision yet.
What will happen after the 28th December 2018 (365th Day)?
I might still write the blog.
But I won’t publicise it.
What’s your message for anyone who reads this blog?
Thank you, but I still don’t know why anyone reads this.
It’s nothing juicy or full of gossip.
It’s raw, vulnerable and it’s all on the table.
Sure it might be outlandish, but it’s just me.
I write because it was my first love.
I publicise because I work better off accountability.
I continue because I have no choice, it’s a habit now.
Why this daily blog exists