2022, Will I Learn From You?

Six lessons 2022 wants to teach me if only I’ll listen

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“I don’t feel like writing today.”

Too often in 2022, those have been the words in my head, and too often I’ve listened to them. It’s been a really down year for me in the writing department. And looking back at my post “The 10 Valuable Things 2021 Taught and Gave Me,” well, that was not my intention for 2022.

So, here I am. Do I listen to those words — again — and let another potential blog post go by the wayside? No.

No, this time, I am going to ignore those words and write. Why? Well, because unlike many other times when I’ve sat down to write in 2022, this time I’ve made a deadline: Midnight, December 31st, 2022. And I’m going to meet it. After all, who the heck wants to read a retrospective on 2022 that’s published in 2023?

So right off the bat, we get to the first lesson I learned in 2022:

Lesson #1: I Need Deadlines If I’m Going to Publish Consistently

My most successful year of blogging was 2018. What was my secret? Weekly deadlines, no exceptions.

Without a deadline, I’ll either never start or I’ll start with a head of steam, possibly even pound out a few thousand words, and…