Slow and Steady Wins the Day

Slow and Steady Wins the Day
By Don Terrill (c)2005

My stepdaughter has a hard time finishing big projects. She's great on any task that can be finished in a day, but loses all desire at even the thought of something that may take longer. I've yet to succeed, but I continue to tell her the key is breaking the project down into tasks she finds more manageable.

The work involved in writing a book from start to finish is not a pleasant thought, but what if you just took one step everyday?

Here's how I force myself to keep moving:

• Create 7 Blogs - I write one post in a different blog everyday. So, each blog gets one new post per week. At the end of a year? Yep, each would have 52 articles, well on the way to enough content for a book - 7 books.
• Set up reminder software - Everyday I get a little popup that reminds me to post and to which blog. Go to http://www.versiontracker.com/ and search reminder to find all kinds of free applications.
  

What really keeps me writing though is the knowledge of the readers tendency to get into a rhythm with a blog. If you write, on average, once a week; they will begin to expect a new post every week. Not finding a new posts for two to three weeks, they will move on - maybe to never return. So, you must deliver or risk losing readers.

By the way, I don't just write about boring subjects - check out my first blog.

This post could have included a "Tortoise and Hare" analogy... You're welcome.