Blogging: Three Day Rule
I am taking another attempt at blogging daily and I’ve been keeping a better streak than the previous attempt.
One thing I am doing different this time is having an idea list and only writing ideas that are older than three days!
Before, I would have an idea list and would write from it - like any idea I would think of, even the day of - the idea would go on the list and if I liked the idea, would come right off as I would write about it.
Idea Creation
The effect of waiting three days is interesting - because I notice now when I first think of the idea, I’m excited about the idea. I just got the idea and it’s a perfect blog article. I just want to write it.
Now I put the idea down on the list and take another idea, one that is three days old.
When I see the idea after three days, I have a different reaction to it - the original excitement of creating the idea isn’t there. I feel I’m more objective about the idea and can see the execution of the idea different as an article.
Writing Rush
Before, I would use the deadline as a motivator to write something and when I would get a post up at the last minute, I would feel so accomplished.
A real creative rush.
I would not be able to sleep when I finished late, so I would be a bit of a zombie the next day, hence Friday deadlines are better than Sundays.
Writing Execution
As I write out a three day old idea, even late in the night, I would not have that creative rush at the end. I’m guessing it’s because I did not create AND execute the idea in a single moment.
With three days apart, the creation and execution of the idea are separate.
Hence, the creative rush is less - a lot less, less enough that I can sleep right after.
Writing Easier
Even though I can write late at night, with a three day old list of ideas, I can write at any time, earlier in the day because I just have to execute the idea - much simpler than creating the idea.
I have a smorgasborg of ideas - almost 500 ideas - so which one to execute is just a matter of picking off a list.