I’m a quarter of the way through my year of posts. This is my 91st post.

I still have nine months to go! Or 274 more posts… Wah!

But I am further along than my previous stretch when I did 90 days of posts back at the end of 2021.

And I’m still freaked out at the thought of how many posts I still must write.

Take it a day at a time.

The same advice I had for myself at the start.

It makes me marvel, though.

Why can I be mostly consistent with this practice and not with others?

I want to work on my music daily. I want to work on my lines daily. I want to work on my playwriting daily.

But I don’t.

Sometimes, I only squeak by getting the daily post done.

It’s gets done though.

Is it the public declaration to do it that keeps me going? I’m not sure. I’ve declared other things in posts and haven’t followed through.

Is the intrinsic motivation to do it? That’s probably closer to the mark.

But I’m motivated to do the other things mentioned above. Why can’t I be consistent with them?

Can I only work on one goal at time? That doesn’t seem likely.

Maybe I’m not clearer on what “doing” those other things looks like? For my post writing, it’s clear: publish a blog post.

But what does “working on my music” look like? Is it working on one song for 10 minutes? Is it listening to the music?

What about my lines? Is it how much time I spend on it? Or how many times I read the script?

We are capable of much more than we give ourselves credit for.

Maybe the real takeaway for my other goals, is to keep the focus on today.

Do the activity today and don’t worry about the big picture.