What I’ve Learned So Far

An update on my September writing challenge 7 days in

Claire Hudak
6 min readSep 8, 2021
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I began this month by challenging myself to post one article every day. I listed 5 goals that I wanted to achieve by the end of the month along with a daily post:

  1. To establish a routine/habit of writing
  2. To improve my writing style and craft my voice
  3. A better understanding of what drives viewership to my content
  4. An idea of what niche I want to focus on
  5. To build confidence in my ability and tough skin against my critics

I concluded my post by saying: I will have a new article posted every day!

Questions:

  1. Should I sacrifice quality for the sake of success? Meaning, should I aim to post daily instead of taking the time to polish my ideas and maybe skip a day?
  2. My primary objective in this challenge is to increase the frequency of my writing, so am I failing by not posting every day even if I strive for 30 articles by the…

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Claire Hudak

She/Her | *All thoughts are my own* | Lifelong Learner| Niche-less Writer | Follow if we vibe :)