100 Days

Today I reached a milestone. 100 days of posting on this page consistently. 100 days of daily prompts and other posts. Mostly daily prompts. This is a bigger milestone than many might realize. I didn’t lose interest. I didn’t skip. I made it a habit. I showed up consistently even if no one cared.

People do care though, and that is wildly important to me. It’s nice to know I’m not just screaming into the void. This blog is both what I hoped it would be and something completely unexpected.

When I started this page, I planned to posting the thoughts that lived in my head that I had no good outlet for. I’ve done some of that, but not as much as I anticipated. I believe this is mostly do to my beloved daily prompt post helping me exercise that muscle even more. I do believe there will still be longer posts, like this one when situations in life call for one and time allows for it. I am happy to have built a place that I can share my inner thoughts so easily. I imagine that next year when school is done, I will have even more time to devote to the contents of this page.

I also thought I would get more traffic on my finished pages and my fountain pen collection galleries. Or at least, I hoped people would be interested in them more. I think that will happen in time. I also know that I am behind on posting pictures to both. It’s something I am working on.

I think thats part of the reality of why 100 days of consistent posting matters so much to me. It means I’m getting the positive reinforcement to keep doing it. When the reinforcement isn’t there it’s easy to let things fall off. It’s almost like no feedback equals negative reinforcement.

The last 100 days haven’t just been about my progress here. They have marked creative progress and social media progress. I’ve participated in challenges and competitions and shared about that here (theres one more I need to share. Tomorrow or Friday I think. I’ve become a Twitch affiliate in that time (link is up at the top if you want to check me out). Twitch is another example of positive feedback helping me stick with it, whereas my YouTube channel definitely needs work but I’m struggling due to a lack of interest and interaction in what I post. I think thats another next year when I have solid time to devote to it.

For now, I’m gonna keep being me. Keep posting, keep learning, keep figuring it out one step at a time. You know the cliches.

I doubt I will mark every 100th post but maybe at 500 we’ll do this again. Hope you join me!

-Flower