I published 1 essay every day for 30 days, here are my takeaways
Last month, I took up a challenge to publish one essay every day on Twitter for 30 days. This is the 30th.
My essays got over 132k impressions & 25k profile visits. The absolute numbers are not huge, but the growth is. For a dead profile, this was more than 600% growth. Here are my top takeaways -
- Making something a priority
Publishing daily is a fight against yourself.
After the initial days, I had more reasons to not write. Many suggest making a habit — doing it at a set time & place etc. I did not attempt to make it a habit. Rather, I made it a priority.
Had a contract with myself, no matter whatever happens I will publish daily.
- You can’t predict what clicks
One of my essays got 52k impressions, that’s 40% of the total impressions.
I could have never predicted that it’ll take off like that. This is an advantage of publishing consistently. You can’t just create to click, you gotta keep creating & something eventually will.
- Faster writing — everywhere
It takes me ❤0 mins to write an essay now.
This speed translates to emails & other writings. I am able to put down my thoughts to words faster than before. No longer dread writing emails.
- Writing as a product
Everything I now write is a product.
What would be the RX (yep, I mean Reader Experience) like? How does the essay look? How informative it is & how fast do I reveal information? These are some things I started to think about.
- Not scared of publishing anymore
There were days when I had no topic to write about.
But I was committed to publishing. I wrote everything from life stories to how it feels like writing for X days straight. It became like a college viva — only scary before you start. Once you start, it’ll eventually happen.
I have a feeling that not publishing will take more effort now. An object in motion stays in motion!
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