A friend calls to check how I'm doing every day and asks the same question every time.
A question that cements the idea of who I have become in my mind.
"Have you shipped today?" slaps on a trowel of mortar each time I answer "yes".
After writing every day and engaging with other writers for 30 days straight, here is what I've bagged:
Now I identify as a writer, a digital writer.
All I need to do to keep that identity is to keep hitting publish. That's all.
The ship did not just keep its promise, it exceeded my expectations.
Who thought it could this simple? Me? No! I thought writers were a special kind of people, blessed by the gods with the gift of sewing words together in their sleep.
Writing is about expressing your uniqueness.
Digital writing is about expressing your uniqueness in public and refining your uniqueness with signals to give more value.
Giving value and acknowledging value is the fuel that powers engagement.
I have made new friends on this ship and that's a big highlight for me. The value of community is so underestimated in learning.
This is not like school where we say "I'm going to miss you all."
Here, we stay in touch forever, creating value, supporting each other and learning from each other.
I look forward to exploring the high seas with you lovely people.
Keep writing, exploring ideas, trying out formats and engaging more.
The captains said it right: "the more you write, the more you write.'
I say: The more you write, the more wonderful things you write into your life.
Drink up, me hearties, yo ho!!!