Somedays, like today, it’s pretty hard to get into the headspace to put one of these posts together. If I’ve learned anything over the last 4.5 months of doing this daily, it’s that routine matters. For example, I always write these in the mornings, usually before I start any sort of work. There are some exceptions to that rule, but I’ve learned that I’ll probably fail to make a post at all if I try and convince myself that I’ll be able to “write it later”.
It’s also tough to spin an idea completely out of thin air for a post. I need a backlog. And today is just one of those days that I’m without much of a backlog to work from. Hence why I’m taking the meta route of writing about writing today.
Finally, maintaining this daily habit requires I keep it constantly in the back of my mind. Though the act of writing these takes place in the morning, keeping this effort in mind throughout the day, helps me recognize fruitful topics to explore in the backlog.
So if I’m having a distracted, derailed kind of day, chances are my observation skills will be lacking, and I’ll run into a backlog issue yet again. It’s easy to make this situation seem bigger than it is, and act as if I’m all out of ideas. But really, it’s just a reminder to keep my eyes open.