My blog post writing streak (blog at least 250 words five days a week) came to an end yesterday. Many thanks to Seth Goden for his inspiration of starting a daily blog. His argument is that daily blogs are written daily. Takes the guess work of how long are you going to work on the post, or how long will you get something ready before you ship. It puts a little bit of pressure to produce on a daily basis.
There was a good reason for it to come to an end. Schedules get out of whack, and priorities need to be prioritized. Frankly I could’ve continued it. But the systems have a risk of turning into your master, instead of being a tool. So the streak is broken. And it’s time to figure out if this is a goal, or is this a process. Is this Itaska to be finished, or is this a new building block in life. Goals are olderBut the systems have a risk of turning into your master, instead of being a tool.So the streak is broken. And it’s time to figure out if this is a goal-oriented experiment, and now that the streak is over I’m done, or is this part of a process. Is this a task to be finished, or is this a part of my life?
Goals are fantastic, don’t get me wrong. But the trick on goals is that once if you cheat your goal, what do you do? Do you set bigger goals? Do you set new goals? The beauty of a process is that it’s at work, and even if you mess it up and break the streak, you still benefit from it.
Goals are to get something done, processes are at work on you. To help you grow or to help you change. Goals are external, process are more internal. Both are good, but one is permanent.
Writing is a process. Posting is the goal. It’s important for me to not get those two things confused.