Crank it to 2.201034

Plugging away at these daily blog posts has been fun so far. I overcame the inertia of starting from nothing. And because of that, I built up this momentum of energy that I am currently riding like a sparrow missile shot from an F-15.

Hey, I’m not well versed in military hardware, okay?

At some point, this momentum slows to crawl as the novelty wears off. Once that happens, I fear my writing ambitions will drop — much like if I was riding the bomb in Dr. Strangelove.

Don’t look to me for pop culture references.

Bad metaphors aside, how can I prevent this? I’ve mentioned over and over again how I have been in that cycle before. I am not worried because this time I am genuinely interested in breaking this cycle. But how? What’s the key?

I had to remove a lot of friction to get myself to start this. I had to give myself the grace to make mistakes. I had to accept that I am rusty and I wouldn’t be able to write to the caliber that I’m used to, much less to the level where I dream to be at.

And this strategy worked! I am able to write daily blogs and keep up with my journal. Even now, I can feel myself get bored of the routine. I need to ramp up the challenge to keep things interesting. I need to up the stakes. So I think, ironically, the thing to do now is put some of that friction back.

And, as we all know, it’s not any fun without any friction.

As to the what, I am not sure yet. I’m not totally at that point where I have to be concerned about boredom yet. I am sure I’ll come up with something before I quit altogether.

But I do know how I will do it. Just like when I started, I have to ease into it; crank up the dial a notch — or even half a notch.

Whatever it takes to keep moving forward..