Much ink has been spilled singing the praises of publishing online every day.

I thought I knew what I was in for, but I was still surprised by some of what has happened while publishing for the last 30 days.

You'll start to write what's easiest, which is an interesting signal.

After 30 days you'll have a feel for when an idea will shape up quickly.

For me it often means that I've thought about a topic for a long time, or that I've stumbled on an exciting idea.

This essay should probably be written tomorrow, the last of my 30 day challenge... but I was excited, so I knew it would be easy.

You'll think more deeply about what is happening in your day-to-day life.

When you're writing every day you're always on the hunt for new topics.

Some of my best essays were written about ideas I was struggling with at work, or thoughts I was ruminating on during my day.

Things you discovered while writing will weave their way back into your life.

Unsurprisingly, you'll write the most about what is important to you.

You'll then be amazed how much clearer you are when you speak about those same topics.

To write about a topic you have to wrestle with it to put it in words others can understand. Apparently this pays dividends.

Eventually this feedback loop will influence what you choose to write about.

You'll begin to trust that you'll always find something to write about.

It won't always be a home run, but picking up the pen at this rate forces you to see that you could write about anything.

You'll get used to the crickets... which is a good thing!

Realizing that, for the most part, only a handful of people are skimming your writing gives you so much more freedom.

You stop spending time on marginal improvements to your essays and start thinking about how to impart value.

You'll get better at responding to emails and text messages

Don't know exactly why, but it's true.

Perhaps it is realizing the value of shipped words is so much higher than the value of words stuck in your head.

I'm glad I took this writing project on. I'm excited to take a break, but I'm also excited to write more (on a more lenient schedule)!