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. If you really want to do something you'll find a way, if you don't you'll find an excuse

Look to be precise I managed to produce 30 articles but I missed a few days here and there and felt the pressure to catchup. You miss more than 2 days and psychologically giving up seems easier than continuing. But when you are learning so much and seeing others in the same boat (literally) then you make the time. And I'm very glad I did.

2. If you want to go fast go alone, if you want to go far go together

Writing can be such a personal and solo pursuit. A huge factor of publishing this last month has been the INCREDIBLE support from the ship30for30 community - I've met people from all over the world and they have been instrumental in encouraging, motivating and learning from. Honestly this alone has made this entire experience worthwhile.

3. Perfection is the enemy of done

I had to constantly remind myself this was about building a habit. Not every piece was going to be of the highest quality - but that artist 'resistance' that Steven Pressfield talks about is ever present. An inner critic warring with you 'You can't publish that!' 'That's not good enough' It's a war indeed - and you can't let perfectionism win. You miss 100% of the shots you never take.

If you have been thinking about getting started writing online too, let me know. I'm happy to share more about the experience and what I learned.