Keep It Up

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The first entry of a new year. One might be inclined to feel under pressure here. Does this have to be a big and meaningful post? Do I need to inspire people towards great change? We’re into our tenth year of posting. Nearly every Sunday for a decade.

So maybe that’s all I need to show you something important. Keep showing up. Keep working away, even when no one is watching. Even on the days when you don’t want to do it. These days are probably the most important ones anyway. Being able to stick to the plan despite a deep lack of desire to do it. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve come to write this blog hungover. How much I didn’t want to do it.

But I kept coming and I kept coming. I showed up and I kept working. And while I’m often left off of lists of ‘people to watch in the year ahead’, I know people are watching now. Not because of any luck or because it was handed to ,e. Rather because I have refused to go away. I just come back every day, despite the rejections, the uncertainties, the failures. I keep coming back.

And that’s life. It’s mental health. It’s everything. To keep showing up for yourself despite how hard it can be. It’s simple, not easy. It’s waking and trying your best on any given day. And it’s not about consistency of output, it’s about consistency of effort. At least you’re trying.

There’s a lot to be said for trying.