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Why I’m Scaling Back My Writing
It’s okay to slow down.
For the last seven months, I’ve written a lot on Medium.
I’ve met wonderful people. I’ve built my email list. And I’ve built a habit of writing every day. I challenged myself to write every day. And I achieved that goal.
Along the way, I’ve thought about a few things:
- Am I giving my content the attention it deserves?
- Should I scale back to a few days a week?
- How can I improve the quality of my writing?
- What’s the overall outcome I want my readers to have when they read something of mine?
These are questions I’m constantly asking. Finding balance as a writer is instrumental to quality work. And after reading a lot of what Michael Thompson has written, I feel inspired to take a different approach.
As I figure out the answer, here are a few things I’m wracking around in my brain.
I Was Trying to Prove I Was a Writer
One of the reasons I wrote every day on Medium was to prove to myself that I was a writer.
I was trying to defeat imposter syndrome by writing every day. I wanted to be known for something. I wanted to accelerate my growth as a creator.
