{"id":80,"date":"2017-01-01T23:26:39","date_gmt":"2017-01-01T23:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrisonjian.com\/?p=80"},"modified":"2017-01-02T02:55:08","modified_gmt":"2017-01-02T02:55:08","slug":"so-i-am-going-to-do-a-thing-every-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.chrisonjian.com\/index.php\/2017\/01\/01\/so-i-am-going-to-do-a-thing-every-day\/","title":{"rendered":"So I am going to do a thing every day…[edit] ok maybe not every day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ello.<\/p>\n

It’s been a while since I put anything up here. I haven’t forgotten about this thing I just have not been in much of a mood to actually write anything. Which is interesting since one of the things I have wanted to do is write more.. kinda a paradox.<\/p>\n

I want to write more because I think writing more will make me happy, allow me to express myself, and feel productive.<\/p>\n

I can’t write more because I feel Overwhelmed with everything else that I am trying to do in order to actually be produtive.<\/p>\n

So borrowing a page from some other notable internet techo-celebs I’ve decided to do a thing where I force myself to write every day. “Force myself” in the sense that I will make that time every day to do it, and not ignore the itch to create verbiage when it comes to me.<\/p>\n

Most that do this keep it to about a month or so. I am going to keep it up for an entire year. Go big or go home I always say (along with YOLO and #DoAllTheThings).<\/p>\n

I have no idea what I am going to write. I just know I *want* to write. So I will.<\/p>\n

In order to do this thing I need to set some ground rules for myself:<\/p>\n

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  1. I won’t think too hard about what I write. I have this thing of being too much of a perfectionist. It gets in the way of every creative effort I try. Music, photography, etc. I will force myself to just write and go with it regardless of what my inner voice says or what my “left brain” thinks about it.<\/li>\n
  2. Because of number 1 I will force myself to ignore the fact that some of what I write will suck.<\/li>\n
  3. I will do this every day. I will do this every day. I will do this every day. [Edit] Ok maybe not every day but a lot of days.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Note to self: If you think of any other good ground rules just come back here and add em..<\/p>\n

    Anyway. So here we go.<\/p>\n

    It needs a name so I am going to call this “365 of 2017”.<\/p>\n

    [Update.. a few hours later…]<\/p>\n

    So I thought about it a bit and realized that if I\u00a0did<\/strong> post every single day this blog will get cluttered really really fast. I think instead I will set the goal to post\u00a0at least<\/em>\u00a02 or 3 times per week. I think that amount should be a nice balance between being really really\u00a0really<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>active and not being so active that juicy posts get lost in the pile of words.<\/p>\n

    I’ll still keep the name the same though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Ello. It’s been a while since I put anything up here. I haven’t forgotten about this thing I just have not been in much of a mood to actually write anything. Which is interesting since one of the things I have wanted to do is write more.. kinda a paradox. I want to write more… <\/p>\n

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