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I Wanted To Post Yesterday And That's Why I Didn't

I gotta say... last night I really had this urge to login and make a post before I went to bed.

And THAT'S exactly why I knew I should NOT - and did not - do that.

You see in my life... I've learned that we (humans) create chains for ourselves without even meaning to.

And one of those ways is with "a streak" as in a series of actions over time.

Don't take that the wrong way... I definitely believe consistency and discipline are very important!

If it was a huge challenge for me to post every day for a month, for example, then I believe that is exactly what I should strive to do until I was able to do it.

BUT... there is another part of this.

And that is EGO... that wonderful ego always shows up when humans are doing... anything. 😅

What happens is... as I do something every day... I am building that streak. And I'm creating a chain on myself.

That chain is the need to not break the streak.

That nagging that says "I cannot miss a day! Or the streak will be broken and all that I have done will have been ruined!" 🤔😅

So, I intentionally BROKE the streak.

And now it's done. I missed a day in my blogging.

I can no longer say "I've posted every day!".

And that's a beautiful thing. 😊

Because blogging should be serving me, not me serving it. 😃

#blogging #freedom #life