Jason Murphy

The Next 30 Days are as Good As Any

Aug 29, 2008 Blog General, Creative Writing

I’ve done it. I’ve sucked again! Over the past 6 months I’ve blogged a total of 5 times. I’m now officially booted from the “once a month blogger” club. Sure I’ve been very busy with my move and all. But I’ve also been busy at coming up with excuses.

So I’ve been toying with the idea of writing a new post every day for a month. Again. I did it last year (count em, there’s 30!) on a whim. There were a few times I almost quit, but I persevered and proved to myself that I can actually accomplish a goal! Some of the content I produced when I forced my hand was awesome. But some of it was craptacular too. Either way, I was able to push full posts consecutively for 30 days straight.

So, I mentioned casually to John Hawkins that I was thinking about firing up the old blog maching again. If nothing else than for the sake of getting more posts on my site and not feeling like such a has-been blogger. He said he liked the idea and he wanted to join me. We also may have winged Jake Ludens into it, who’s blog is in the same state as ours and is badly in need of an updated post (just helpin ya with a nudge there, dude!). I’m thinking of throwing a couple of other projects at it too, at least Shirtwatch and Portagame. Both of those sites are going through transitions and could use the push.

Last year I created a page (here) to track my progress. This year I’ll add another page to the series where I’ll keep the headlines for the posts created by John, Jake, and myself.

And I think I’ll also open it up this year. Anyone else want to join us? I call it “My Own 30 Day Challenge”. No rewards, no MAKE MONEY ONLINE schemes or pitches. It’s all personal. The challenge is drive yourself to create content for 30 days straight, and the reward is knowing you’re able to follow-through, as well as the ability to practice blogging.

So who’s in? Reply in the comments below and I’ll add your blog to the list!

Best of luck!