On June the 2nd I hit 1,800 days of writing in a row. That means I wrote something every day, whether my column or fiction. I wrote when sick, when depressed, when life threw me major curves.
That's a lot of days. It is also a lot of words - according to my calculations, I wrote 1,083,432 words in that time. Yup. Over a million.
That is a lot, but it breaks down to about 593 words a day. That's slightly over two pages. I can usually crank that out in a half hour or so. And I'm not a fast typist.
Let's say you only wrote 250 words a day. For me, that's about fifteen minutes, but let's say it takes you a half hour. And you do it every day.
In a week, you'll have written 1,750 words In a year, 91,000 - the equivalent of a novel and maybe a short story or two. If you went 1,800 days of writing 250 words a day, you'd write 450,000 - almost half a million.
I tell you this to encourage you that wherever you are in a writing journey, little things add up. Don't give up - keep plugging away and you will see your efforts grow. And never underestimate the power of a streak.
Finally, celebrate your wins. I went to Culver's and got a cheeseburger and a turtle sundae to reward myself for 1,800 days. Remember - little wins count. Be proud of them and build on them.
Keep on keeping on!
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