Building the Writing Habit

In: Job Hunting| Life

17 Jan 2010

So it’s been a few weeks since I posted about how I was going to post twice a week here, and as you can see, that has gone really well. <grin> Since I know it takes a long time for a behaviour to become a habit (you have to repeat it 21 times before you stop thinking about it — I read this somewhere once, I think it was even an official thing like a medical study or something), I was hoping the posting twice a week would do it since it was a small thing.

Fat chance.

BUT, I have been sticking to my two other resolutions, which were to start some light exercising twice a week (trying to work myself up to some bigger things) and also checking out the freelancing job boards once a week. I’m pleased with that, as I want to be sure to keep my fingers on the freelancing pulse as it were, and also get off my duff to make sure I don’t turn into a complete couch potato.

So while I haven’t actually spent much time writing per se, I’ve at least started to ease back into the writing pool by checking the job boards. Next up I’m hoping to start applying to a few jobs, but I figure I should increase my posting frequency here to make sure my writing’s up to snuff. I’ve been doing a lot more actual writing at the day job at Acme Co., which is nice, and also getting my hands dirty with some fun things like SharePoint 2007, which have helped with my day job satisfaction. That’s always good. But my ultimate goal is to work freelance from home so my daily commute is only 5 minutes (and that’s with a pit stop in the kitchen for a coffee). Small steps, one at a time.

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