Jason Murphy

Start of Something New

Sep 1, 2008 Blog General, Creative Writing

As I mentioned a few days ago, I’ve taken it upon myself to blog daily for 30 days. This is the second season. Last year, I completed the personal challenge every single day for 30 days. It was a great feeling of accomplishment. Last year I had a few surprises (like an exploding Explorer), but I trucked through and wrote each day. The interesting thing is that those issues that you think are going to prevent you from writing, actually springboard into an interesting blog conversation. This year I forecast some unique obstacles on the horizon. I just moved to the tip of Florida. We’ve been through one Tropical Storm, dodged a Hurricane and a couple other Trops, and we have two more Hurricanes headed our way. These do have a tendency to knock out power, but if that happens, I’ll still blog (on paper if I have to) and post later. I might even preschedule a few posts knowing a storm is on the horizon. I’ll still blog on the days I’m able, but some days you may have the joy (snicker) of reading two posts from me.

Beyond today, I’m hoping to not write any more posts that talk about the fact that I’m blogging for the sake of blogging. Since today is initiation day, all bets are off.

There’s several reasons that I’m doing this. Some I mentioned in my previous post. In addition to kick-starting the brain, it also keeps you in practice. Writing can become a rusty art. If you’re like me and were never able to handle the english language and all its intricies appropriately, then the more you oil that machine the better you’ll sound when it really matters. Of course, you could also argue that it will just make me sound like a fool that more often.

Another reason for blogging daily is that it keeps me paying attention to what’s happening on my site. Who’s linking back, what links are broken, comments and spam, monetization, optimization, new themes opportunities, etc. Hopefully the theory is that the more you keep your hands and eyes on the vehicle, the better you can drive it.

To launch this challenge, I went ahead and updated some old sites of mine that really needed it. Ideally I’ll write on those sites for 30 days straight too. They really could use the lift. However, in reality I’m only committing to myself to keep my personal blog updated. This is for personal reasons, such as personal improvement, commitment, and fulfillment. The other sites are guilty pleasures.

This season, I brought friends. Well, at least one that I know of. I’ve also left it open to anyone else who wants to join us. If you have a blog and need a boot-in-the-butt to get blogging. Please join the rest of us! I explain how on the official page:

http://www.thejasonmurphyshow.com/series/my-own-30-day-challenge-part-ii/
This post is part of My Own Thirty Day Challenge, Season 2