30 Posts In 30 Days – Day 1: Writing online

This is Day 1 of the 30 Posts In 30 Days Challenge I set for myself to start writing online. This post was originally published on X.

What kept me from writing online?

I‘ve spent the last 2 days procrastinating on it. I‘ve read about 23 different articles on how to start writing online. And I watched at least half as many videos.

But all the information in the world wouldn‘t help me at this point.

I thought I had a plan: I wanted to start writing this week, on Monday. I had a bunch of ideas ready in my notebook. But when it came down to it, I was too afraid of putting myself out there.

Every idea that came to mind, every piece I‘ve written in the past – it just didn‘t feel good enough anymore.

I felt paralyzed.

And I did exactly what I shouldn‘t do: I tried to find more resources on how to get started. I overwhelmed myself with even more information.

And then I decided to quit. Before I even started.

I went for a walk. I took a nap. And that’s exactly when it dawned on me:

If I can sell a website to a stranger for 10k bucks, I might as well put out a piece of content for free, right?

So I sat down. And started writing. This very post. And here I am.

I can already feel the fear of hitting publish coming back. I feel almost ashamed for putting what I‘ve just written out into the world.

But it is exactly the right piece at the right moment. It is more than enough and if I don‘t like it tomorrow, I can delete it, right?

I won’t, I promise.

Because simply by writing down my thoughts, I found the answer to the question I asked myself in the first place.

What kept me from writing online?

This first piece of content right here.

I‘m always surprised by how hard I tend to make things for myself. By overthinking every little step. Which is exactly why I started writing for myself years ago.

But that‘s a story for another time.