Consistancy is King, yet I fail at it
It’s because covid, blindness and life
No. This is not a story for venting and complaining. If you read my stories in the last couple of months, you would understand that I do not condone those kind of behaviors. However, this is a story about different life scenarios, and just when you think that you can keep pushing further, life would certainly hit you in the most amicable way.
But hey my friends, you got to slam the break every once in a while. So let’s calibrate and take few notes about my absences and what really happened.
Not Posting Stories for 3 months
I still remember the first time I posted on Medium, I vowed to myself that I would write consistently every week, posting story on my life experience as a blind man from Bali. I remember saying to myself that this is not a money making machine. I would not get 1000 USD or 2000 USD writing for Medium. No. Far from that!
I would not make money at all. That’s a fact and it’s final! Never mind though.
Not to be such a downer or anything. The fact that I wouldn’t be able to enroll in the Medium Partner Program, due to country restriction and some boring policies. So that is that. Case close!
“Let’s move on!”
So, I diverted my focus to write. Write for the sake of improving my writing skills, and sharing my story.
Writing above everything else.
Sounds like a very cliché principle right? Right.
But it’s the truth. It may sounds like a bunch of garbage in this money seeking world this days, but I truly want to share my life experience and share my values. No big money required. Just yet.
I have my primery job here anyway. So when it comes to basic food and necessities, I got everything covered, though not in a fancy way. Enough to get by in a monthly basis.
“we are talking about ramen noodle cup and 1 USD rice meal in Jakarta here”
I promised that:
- Write consistently every week
- Churn out content and engage with my reader
- Improve on my writing and get better
- Write consistently every week
Needless to say, I haven’t been able to do those things in the last 4 months. I failed. I set my self a goal, yet I was unable to achieve it.
The blame is definitely on me.
First, I caught covid for the first time. Talking about being late for the party. Haha.
Second, work got in the way. All of a sudden, I was required to travel within country to see the life of children in Indonesia. With no internet around.
This is true!
Third, last but not the least, I got sick again. Again and again. I slammed the break for a few moments, but it got carried away. And The next was almost 5 months hiatus from Medium.
Consistency is King: now I’m serious
You hear this a thousand times:
“consistency is king!
If you keep doing it consistently, you eventually will get better at it”
But in actuality, consistency is easier said than done!
Putting consistency above everything else and keep pushing on something every day (for god knows how long) require a massive time, energy, and most importantly, motivation. This is why, many new year resolution are dead half way before it reaches maturity. Usually in January and February.
I learned this the best way during my time on Medium. I started in Mei 2022, and started writing consistently 1 content every week. Everything went well, my stories get viewed, my followers increased, and I also engaged with some of the best amazing readers out there. Good time.
All in all I was on the right track. But life gets in the way in September, when work, life and covid-19 hit me like a rock! All of a sudden, I started delaying my post, procrastinating on my writing, finding excuses: all of those snowballed until me not hitting publish any longer.
Conclusion
So, this is not a post to dwel on my lack of consistency on Medium, but rather to show you that everything is real. The struggle is real. I lacked consistency but I’m willing to declare it. And maybe learn from it so that I can improve in the future.
From now on, obviously I will not down play the importance of consistency. Instead, I see the value of having consistency, and what it takes to maintain and preserve that.
Respect to those who can maintain consistency in everything they do. It really takes effort, times, and strong motivation to master that skills.
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