RE: 30 Day Challenges: The Where, What and Why?
The 30 day challenge really works. I actually did one of these without really realising it when I got involved with the website 750words.com. It's kind of aimed at writers and those who'd like to get into a writing habit. I found it when I was working up to writing my master thesis and wanted to get better at writing daily.
They have the simplest system - write for a certain number of days without breaking your streak and you get a badge! That's it, a badge. And no, not a real badge, an electronic illustration of a badge. But it's AMAZING how motivated I was to gain that tiny award for my achievement of forming this new habit.
A long story short, that was 5 years ago and I'm still a member of the website and still write almost every day. That small daily habit was instrumental in me following my dream of becoming a fiction writer! So I totally recommend the 30 days challenge - with the proviso that you have to put effort into maintaining it for longer if you find the new habit helpful.
Very cool post. I especially like how you introduce other people who have posted on the same topic.
That's amazing, Victoria - thank you for sharing your story! I don't know if you heard but there is also a National Novel Writing Month which is in November with people all over the world trying to write a novel in 30 days. You should definitely try it this year if you haven't yet: https://nanowrimo.org/
And I agree, maintaining something longer term is definitely the way to go.
Thanks for stopping by - glad you enjoyed the post!
Yes I've heard of NaNoWriMo and even have some friends on Facebook who have posted about their experiences trying to complete a novel in that time. They always seem to get to 30th Nov with 10,000 words to go (and I'm sure I'd be the same!) :D
I've never tried it because I always seem to have a lot going on in November, but perhaps this year... Do you ever think about trying that?
Haha, I think I’ll end up like your friends if I do! I like writing but there is no way I would be able to do 2,000 words a day! :-)
But I was thinking about maybe doing a Steemit writing challenge and doing a post every day for a month. I know for some people this is normal but with a full time job and busy social life - it will be a stretch for me :-)
Hey that's a good idea for a challenge! Let us know if you're going to do it. Maybe it could become a community thing where lots of people could join and we can all support each other?
I agree that posting every day is a challenge as I also have a lot of other stuff going on in my life. I don't know how your sister manages to post such great stuff so often!
I like to spend time making my posts good, but I also think that maybe I just procrastinate and obsess over the details a little too much sometimes. I guess there's also the argument that if you practice posting often, then you get better at it and you can manage both high quality and frequent posting. This d-tube post from @axios about still posting every day even when he was travelling and had family commitments to take care of gave me some food for thought. He talks about flexing our creative muscles and I think it's true that the more you practise it, the better you get at creating.
That's actually a great idea of getting others involved in a #30daychallenge on Steemit! I will definitely give it a bit more thought and planning before launching an initiative like that :-)
My sister went full-time on Steemit and also been producing content on YouTube for the last 4 years so she's got a good size pocket of great content she can share here!
And omg, that's sounds SO like me. I definitely take WAY too long to write, then edit, edit some more and then to finally post, haha. I will have a look at the video - thanks for sharing :-)