#09writeoff – Lessons thus far…

June 14th, 2009 • 2009 Write-off

Wasn’t able to post about what Emma wrote yesterday, but I think the image she shared speaks for itself. (Click on the image for the full post.)

That’s me on a boat, in case you couldn’t figure it out. Well played, Emma.

Figured that a Sunday evening wasn’t the best time to share my highest caliber content, so I’m going to take the chance to wrap up what I’ve learned from the 6 days of participation so far. It’s not exactly pretty from my end, as you will soon see.

• Emma has clearly provided the higher-value content so far. Her first post showed significant personal depth, her second offers some professional insights on job searching, and her third post was hilariously random. Conversely, my first and second posts were written in a very short period of time, and didn’t quite generate the conversations that I was hoping.
• It’s hard to pick up and suddenly write a blog post! I haven’t done enough ideating as part of this process; having my notebook and nothing else this weekend at the cottage helped a little bit with that process, but I will need to continue to work on things to write about.
• It’s fun to be challenged like this – I have some mutual friends who remind me constantly how much better Emma is doing than I; this means that I am trying to step up my game. It’s helped me move forward the plans that I’ve had for my blog and my site as well; otherwise I’m not sure when I would’ve worked on some of these things.

So, how am I could to improve things? I’m pleased to annouce that I’m launching a weekly How-To series; these will cover some of life’s challenges that I feel like I’ve got some insight into. It’ll start on Tuesday, when I talk about mastering the art of the casual drink. Check back then!

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