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I Knew It Would Be Challenging

When I decided to write a post every day for 30 days, I knew it would be a challenge for me.

I set the bar low. I knew one of the barriers would be to remember to write every day since I’m not in the habit of blogging. I know, yawn. I missed a couple days here and there just for that reason.

Weekends were harder since more people are home and I’m generally out of my morning routine anyway.

Inspiration is also tricky but I didn’t put any pressure on myself to share profound insights.

I might write a couple of catch-up posts. Maybe not.

I might continue. Maybe not.

I still like this medium as a place to catalog things that happen. Or things I think about.

Life’s good, y’all. I’m enjoying this phase.

Not Caring What Other People Think is A Superpower

This is the title of a book by a guy I interviewed on my podcast and who has accomplished a lot, especially in the last 5 years. (Physics degree, 13-1 professional boxing record, military service, sobriety, successful online business, three books, over 90k Twitter followers).

I strive to completely adopt that attitude and it’s a quality I admired most about my dad. More importantly, I try to encourage the kids not to care what other people think-especially their parents.

I don’t want the kids to make choices based on what I think is best, I want them to make choices and learn from their own instincts.

How else can they grow and thrive on their own?

This idea has a slightly different context when I apply it to myself. There are some things that I would like to do or try but I hold myself back based on what other people think, including the kids. How weird is that?

For example, I would like to practice getting comfortable in front of the camera. I think it’s a valuable skill to be able to articulate an idea concisely with a camera pointed at you. An easy (in terms of non-cumbersome) way to do that is on Instagram stories but my kids (well, one of them) would be mortified. So, I haven’t yet.

A friend records herself regularly on stories as part of her fitness business/journey and I admire her so much for it. She has gotten more natural over time. Her stories are clear, concise, articulate and entertaining.

I’ve gotten better at not caring what other people think as I’ve gotten older. I would never have homeschooled the kids, started this blog, started a podcast or published an ebook if I had considered what other people thought of those projects.

I’ll press on, though. Doing and learning new things is the only way for me to grow.

What others think of me is none of my business.

We Interrupt This 30 Day Writing Challenge

I experienced a temporary lockout to the dashboard of this site yesterday. One of the benefits of switching to a self-hosted site and choosing Hostgator (affiliate link)* is their excellent customer and technical support.

I don’t experience many technical glitches with this site but any time I have a question or issue, I have always been able to resolve it with a quick call (or Instant messaging) to customer service.

I had an idea what had happened (plugin update that was incompatible with the wordpress version) and might have been able to resolve the problem on my own with googled step-by-step instructions but calling made it so much easier and the tech was happy to help. (She was super sweet, too).

One bonus during this support call is that I was able to add a security certificate to each of the website I run (including this one) for free. The tech person just went through each one and added it while I waited.

So, yeah, I missed September 12 of this self-imposed 30 day writing challenge. If you’ve ever considered starting a blog or creating a website, I highly recommend doing a self-hosted site (as opposed to something like blogger if that even exists).

I wrote a post about why I switched years ago and those reasons are still valid. Hostgator has been a great fit for me.

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