100 Days Online Writing Adventure
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As I sit down to reflect on my journey of writing online for the past 100 days, I am struck by the myriad lessons and insights that have come my way. What began as a simple endeavor to clear out space from my head has evolved into a transformative experience that has shaped my thinking and honed my skills in unexpected ways.
Clearing Mental Space: Writing continues to clear out mental clutter. Each time I put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard), I found myself unburdened by the thoughts swirling around in my mind, creating a sense of clarity and focus.
Speaking to a person: Meet Charlotte! She is someone who is multipassionate, likes to read books, she’s a perpetual learner, loves nature and everything vegan if she could, she works full time and obsesses with organization and productivity. In her free time, she also loves creative sprints where she makes videos to document highlights of life. She is always on the go to improve herself every day! That’s one person I aim to speak to here.
Not everything I write will be a good blog post: Through this process, I learned the importance of embracing imperfection and letting go of the need for perfection. Whether it's a hastily scribbled note or a rough draft of a blog post, the act of quickly sharing something out into the world, without worrying about aesthetics, has been liberating. Hence, I am keeping Scribing Moment as my public journal (it works like my Insta Story! spur of the moment).
Consistency builds my voice: With each post, I've had the opportunity to build my personal brand and voice online. Consistency in tone, style, and content has helped to establish a sense of identity and credibility in the internet community.
Test and Learn: Every piece of writing has been an opportunity to test and learn, to experiment with different styles, formats, and topics. Each success and failure has provided valuable insights for my growth both professionally and personally.
It made me want to help people: “You have no idea how this writing can be useful to others!” - this was mentioned to me by my previous manager when I first wrote a blog post about my career transition. My sister endorsed how helpful is my WorkWizard segment that I publish every midweek, it inspired me to think of what’s next to write. I started to pay attention to what people would come to me to ask for help. That is a hint of a potential next blog post. If they told me they were struggling about something that I knew about, I would go and write them — and I would say, “Look, here’s the blog post I wrote on that thing we talk about, let me know if this helps”. Writing online has made me more cautious about what I put out into the digital world - In most cases, I am writing to help specific person!
Writing from a Beginner's Perspective: I've come to realize that expertise is not a prerequisite for writing online. For example, my WorkWizard page where I share about my experience learning as a Business Analyst newbie. Just by doing that, sharing my experiences and insights from a beginner's perspective, I've been able to connect with my own thoughts on a deeper level and provide valuable insights to those just starting out (my sister who is currently in her career transitioning plan, finds it easy for her to use my writing as guides)
Useful arte: Each piece of writing has become a digital artifact, a snapshot of my thoughts, ideas, and experiences at a particular moment in time. Looking back on these writings serves as a powerful reminder of how far I've come and how much I've grown.
I know what I want, and it gets clearer: Through writing, I've been able to clarify my vision and plans for the future. Whether it's outlining goals, brainstorming ideas, or articulating my values, writing has helped me crystallize my thoughts and take concrete steps towards my aspirations.
Become better at communicating remotely: If you have been awhile, you’d notice my Scribing Moment where I wrote about making a phone call / zoom call is something that is not within my comfort zone. I am a fan of asynchronous communication and consensus, there’s not much of focus time at work if we schedule everything for a meeting. And since I started blogging again, I can now write something very punchy and quick! Like writing a short blog post, I can write detailed documentation on JIRA card (project management tool we use at work), clarification and/ or instructions, and show my work altogether async!
I need a system that protect my writing time: There are days that I get so busy and realize that I haven’t been thinking of the blog. I write at dawn, in between breaks, before dinner, before bed.. whenever I could find time. I know it’s a chaotic system and “time” is the only resource I cannot get more of, hence I have got to create an effective system to make this work from day 101 till day 365!
In conclusion, the past 100 days of writing online have been a journey of self-discovery, growth, and transformation. Each lesson learned, each insight gained, has brought me closer to realizing my full potential as a writer and thinker. As I look forward to the next 100 days and beyond, I am excited to continue this journey, eager to see where it will lead me.
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