100 Posts in 100 Days
Post 10 of 100 means I am 10% there on my way to achieving my goal of writing 100 Posts in 100 Days! It feels good to write that.
So, teacher that I am, here is my single point rubric with my 1 simple criteria that reveals some of what I’m thinking about and learning in this endeavor:
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100 Posts in 100 Days |
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Areas for Growth |
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Areas of Strength |
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Remember what you used to teach your primary students: write the seed, not the watermelon. What I planned to be post #2 turned into posts 2, 3 and 4. What I planned to be post #5 turned into 5, 6, 7, and 9. And they are still too watermelon-y, I think. |
Write and publish 100 posts in 100 days |
10 consecutive posts published “on time” |
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Remember what you used to teach your primary students: show, don’t tell. I’m definitely a “teller” first. One of my colleagues shared with me the James Michener quote, “I’m not a very good writer, but I’m an excellent rewriter”. I want to be James Michener. |
Annie Murphy Paul, Elena Aguilar, and my friend Patrick Allen liked posts they were tagged in on social media |
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Work on your verb tense. Not only do my first drafts “tell”, but they are written very passively. What revisions I am getting done definitely include getting to a more active voice. |
My tribute to my mom had some nice comments (read as: someone besides my mom actually read my post) |
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Pictures are worth 1,000 words. Add some visuals. (Does this rubric count? At least the text is varied!)) |
I’m really having to embrace “don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.” So grateful that Adam Grant’s Work Life Podcast last week was all about breaking up with perfectionism |
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Figure out how to get Instagram and Facebook linked with WordPress & Bluehost. LinkedIn and Twitter are working! |
LinkedIn and Twitter are connected with the blog and the posts are automatic. ♥ this! |
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Next time you get an idea for a 100 day challenge on a Saturday and you start on Sunday, take a look at the calendar first. You might not want day 100 and the first day of the 2022-2023 to fall on the same day! 🤣🤣 |
Shauna’s been cooking dinner every night while I disappear into my office. Thank you, Shauna. |
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That list of 100 ideas I wrote about on Day 3 hasn’t even been touched. I’m 10 posts in and still have all 100 ideas to inspire me. I must have a lot more to say than I ever knew. |
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Final reflections:
I’m getting it done, one day at a time.
I’m posting, even though I’m not satisfied with the quality of everything I’m posting. But I”m getting it done, one day at a time. And I’m considering some of my future posts to be “rewind” editions of earlier posts. Giving them a little TLC, maybe a visual, and lot more show than tell.
On the day this post goes live, it will be day 308 of consecutive move goals met on my fitness tracker. I got there 1 day at a time and I can walk farther, faster, with less effort now than I could 309 days ago. Maybe the same can happen with this little project.
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