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30 Days of Deliberate Practice

Zettelkasten, responses, and carrying on

This artwork represents building something through relationships. Image by Mystic Art Design from Pixabay.

I’ve realized why I love the 30-day challenges so much. They allow you to do deliberate practice, which is so necessary for rapid improvement. According to Anders Ericsson, the 4 components of deliberate practice are:

  • Isolating what you want to improve
  • Getting instant feedback
  • Going outside your comfort zone
  • Using correct mental models

30-day challenges do all of this! So, rather than simply challenging myself to write a certain number of articles (which I’ll do anyway), or submit to a certain number of publications (which I’ll do anyway), I’m challenging myself to focus on a new area of my skillset: using my Zettelkasten.

I’m also focusing on increasing my engagement by setting a challenging target of how many responses I will write every day (on average).

My pledge

From July 2–31, I pledge to add 10 notes to my Zettelkasten every day, and write 30 responses every day. I also pledge to maintain my current output by writing 30 short-form posts, and 20 regular posts.

I will add 300 notes, write 900 responses, 30 short-form posts, and 20 regular posts.

Notes on my challenge:

  • I will be aiming my 20 articles at 5 per week: 1 for Getting Ready for the New Day, and 4 for other publications.
  • I have arranged with The Daily Cuppa to do a daily post of my short-form articles throughout the week if I get them 7 over the weekend.
  • I will be focusing my attention on the big publications that I want to get into, and reading (and responding to) as much of what they publish as I can.

My goals

My goals for the month:

  • Make it into the July top 2,000 who get the Medium bonus
  • Reach 500 followers (up from 258–2x)

Since last month I came close to the $100 club ($86.89), and my attention is focused on engagement, I should be able to reach these goals.

If you’d like to join me with a 30-day challenge of your own to deliberately practice some aspect of your writing, here are the guidelines.

My progress

Here is the running score sheet of my progress in July (until I gave up mid-month). I’ll add articles to the end as they are published.

Zettelkasten notes

July 2–11; July 3–10; July 4–0; July 5–0; July 6–5; July 7–2; July 8–7; (yeah, this isn’t happening.) Total after 18 days: 53 (-127)

Responses

July 2–17; July 3–13; July 4–21; July 5–21; July 6–12; July 7–28; July 8–34; (yeah, this isn’t happening, either.) Total after 18 days: 292 (-248)

Long articles (21)

(That’s a photo of my cat. I’m bragging on her. Let me be a proud kitty mom.)

Short-form articles (34)

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