Strategist and procraftinator. Hiker and dog trainer. Also, www.imakeexperiences.com

Jul 27, 2016

Why I Wrote on Medium for 100 Days

You guys…I did it! I accomplished my goal of writing a short post every single day for 100 days. Whew. Ok, on to the why.

To see if I could do it
To write, because I always say that I hate to
To be more visible professionally
To be accountable personally
To make time in every busy day
To be proactive and write a few posts at once
To wait until the last minute and write a post
To hang out on Medium
To read more posts by other Medium folks
To improve the SEO of Tina Cordes (RIP all the SEO I built up with Tina Glengary)
To do research
To share all the NYT articles that I read
To post photos of the dogs
To blend my professional and private selves
To feel like I accomplished something
To write for strangers
To write for my friends and family
To share my experience and experiences
To ask questions
To cross post to LinkedIn
To ponder why some posts get read/shared and others don’t
To ponder why LinkedIn is weird, but good, but still weird
To try to keep each post to a 1 minute or less read
To have a pile full of half started posts in the draft folder
To play with formatting, but still fall back on lists
To realize how much I love lists
To write a list that includes loving lists
To keep pace with Heather Champ’s 100 Days of Boring Beads
To realize that I love writing short, choppy sentences
To edit out 25% of the extra words in every post
To feel like my writing is too short
To get feedback saying short posts are good
To connect with old friends (Hi Stephen Koch!)
To have some loyal readers (Hi John Manoogian III!)
To have my husband recommend almost all my posts (Hi evan cordes!)
To be comfortable with my inconsistencies and lack of a specific topic to write about
To try to write 100 reasons why, but stop at #37

Let’s see if I write tomorrow. ;)