Here's how I'm going from sporadic to solid
If you've created online for any length of time, you've likely grappled with consistency.
You know consistency makes the difference between building trust and fading into has-been territory.
Yet, you'll miss a day. Then two. Then a week.
I still struggle with consistency
For 20+ years I've struggled with consistency with my online creation.
And each time I stop for any length of time, my reach withers on the vine.
My blog posts from the late 2000's and early 2010's were “the good old days” with lots of comments and interaction.
Then, the comments stopped coming. Because my readers didn't know when I was going to deliver next, and I had stopped responding to their comments anyway.
I've had my reasons. They're uninteresting. Who cares?
My article consistency still needs some work.
Something about March got me going again.
But I have been consistent for months now in other areas.
No gaps. No stopping. Just pure, unadulterated, ceaseless consistency.
My newsletters had been a source of what could have been — until March.
I don't know why March, but this happened:
I started posting my Solid Cash Tips newsletter six times a week.
I began Tuesday, March 4th, and haven't missed a non-Sunday since then.
Here's the archive. March 4th was issue 84. You can do the math if you want.
To conquer your consistency issue, do this.
Pick something small and easy.
If you checked the newsletters with the link above, you'll see they're short, minimalist, quicky curated links.
They're not particularly difficult to put together. Three links: one from me, one from someone else, and one from a sponsor.
I copy the email from the previous issue, write a single sentence a few times, and paste the new links in. Then I check to make sure the links work, and schedule it.
Done!
It takes five minutes if I already have the links, and a bit longer if I don't.
Here's the critical piece.
Each time I do this, Kit gives me a little celebration, and I know that I'm showing up for my wonderful subscribers.
And more importantly: I build evidence that I'm showing up for myself. That I'm someone who delivers.
It's something to point to and something to build upon.
You start to think: “If I can show up consistently for this, I can show up consistently for bigger things.”
You'll add things to your body of work, like a weekly newsletter.
You'll keep building that YouTube channel.
And so forth.
You're training the ship-it muscles, and it feels good!
Want to see what consistency looks like?
Check out my Solid Cash Tips newsletter. Six days a week, with three links containing insights on spending less, making more, and living well!
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