I've heard of the wall that runners hit, or writers block. It feels like I'm running low on ideas to write about. But then, that became the idea to write about. Not sure if it's going to be any good, but I decided to write everyday, for as long as I can type hopefully.
I read This is marketing by Seth Godin a few years ago. Was a totally different person then. Then I heard a podcast with him in it, I remembered him saying that he wrote everyday on his blog today is the first time ever I went over to check if he still wrote everyday. Looks like he still does. Which I think is pretty awesome. I like the idea of doing something everyday for a long long time. Like decades. My guess is you'd have to do the simplest version of it. Let go of any expectations that you think it needs to meet. Let evolution happen over time. Just like in nature. Anything can happen, there is no expectation of what the mutation should be, the test is can it survive today in the conditions as they exist. Evolution has led to some fascinating and complex life forms. The formula is simple I think, a lot of time, the possibility for things to happen and just let them happen. Sometimes even if they seem obviously wrong. So in a sense, I'm trying to show up daily and do the things I want to excel at daily. One of the requirements is venturing slightly out of your comfort zone. The slightly part is quite important, otherwise I feel I might not be able to keep it up for long. At least that's what's happened in the past.
When you go slow, progress is also slow, you can go fast and see some fast progress. I'm capable of both, but I find the slow progress appeals to me better. As I was reading this, I'm thinking a combination of the two is what's ideal. Doing a new thing or a thing I'm trying to get better at daily, seems to be an advantage for me. There are days or weeks where I'll do a lot and then there are weeks where I do the bare minimum. But just the idea that I've been doing something daily for a long time fills me with a sense of achievement. As for constantly stepping out of your comfort zone. I find this much easier when I'm moving slowly, as it happens quite naturally. After a while of doing the thing, curiosity just gets the best of me. I can't help but try something. Mostly because day to day life is quite dynamic, over a course of long enough timeline. Inspiration is right around the corner provided I am still practicing the thing. It's happened to me a few times in my life, where I thought a particular direction was a dead end, which is okay to think but my mistake was that I was certain they were dead ends. You have to leave room for reasonable doubt. This will differ if you are the type of person, who needs to learn when to quit. But you see, I'm the kind of person who needs to be a bit more gritty and not quit too early.
Perhaps that's why I'm trying to do the things that matter to me atomically, daily. There might be a wall, I'm yet to find it.