While spending time with my friends after class, I would stop myself whenever I thought of telling someone what I was going to do for the rest of the day. I would also zip my lips when I wanted to talk about any of my supposed ideas or projects. What surprised me was how often I had to catch myself so that I wouldn't spill whatever it was I was working on. Did I really say things but not do them that often? What an eye-opener!
This blog in particular is actually something I've kept secret from everyone for now, at least until I build up a big enough archive. It's not necessarily secret in that I hide it from everyone... I just haven't announced it publicly yet. I didn't keep it to myself because of the video, though. I did it because I didn't want to let anyone see it until I had put enough work into it to make it presentable, until it actually had enough content to be of value. I had done that mistake with my self-improvement blog, Kasiyahan, announcing it before it had enough posts to stand on its own.
So far, it seems to be working. I've been posting every day for what will be 11 days now, which is a feat for me. Sure, I've done National Blog Posting Month once before, but that was with a challenge in mind. I wonder if I can struggle past 31 posts this time out of pure self-motivation?
That isn't to say that you can't soundboard ideas with friends, though. I think this pertains more to actual projects that you want to make into reality. I'm sure most of us all have our daydreams, and the ratio of Ideas vs. Ideas Fulfilled leans more toward the former. It becomes even smaller if you split it into Fulfilled Successfully vs. Tried but Failed.
For now, keeping my goals to myself is working well so far. The only person I have to answer to, besides the people I owe obligations to, is myself... and I don't want to disappoint myself any longer.
- Mel
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