30 days ago, I signed up for Dickie Bush & Nicolas Cole's cohort-based course, Ship 30 for 30.
In that time, I wrote & published 30 Atomic Essays, learned the fundamentals of Digital Writing, made friends, and started gaining clarity over what my niche might be. It has been a very rewarding (and challenging) journey, and I am more excited than ever to keep writing online.
Here are the 3 biggest things writing & publishing consistently every day for 30 days taught me:
1. It's still difficult to write everyday, but I write everyday
This is my second cohort of Ship30. I thought this time it would be easier to write everyday. It was at the start as I think i was fuelled by likes and views. But at times I don't have an idea of what to write but then I write something anyway. It's not perfect but its ok.
2. I still haven't set sacred hours for writing, but I still write
In the last cohort I was better at sticking to the sacred writing times 8-9pm after dinner. But this time it didn't stick. I think it's because I don't have a routine or things in life are different now.
3. Write about what benefits the reader.
It's difficult to think about the benefits for the person reading. I can tell you about what good bone health does but its the benefits are sometimes more difficult to get across.
Dickie bush's advice is to think about "What benefits am I unlocking?". I use this with his other tips to help guide my writing.