I’m not gonna lie, it’s 8:30pm on the day this blog is due to be posted and I’m just now starting it. I have already worked 38 hours this week and it’s Wednesday night. We’re not going to get into why I’ve worked that many hours already this week; suffice it to say, I didn’t make the mess, but I’m expected to help clean it up.
I have other blogs written I could post, but I wanted to record my thoughts at the midpoint of my personal 31 Days of Hustle. I’ve been planning to do this, but I honestly didn’t expect to be working 12 to 13-hour days right now. This blog needs to be one of those “in the moment” writings. After all, it wouldn’t do much good to write a blog about how things are going at the midway point when I’m only 2-3 days in.
First off, I know y’all are probably getting tired of hearing about Danny Jones, but I need to give him props once more for getting me into this mess. I would never have produced this much content in such a short period of time if he hadn’t thrown me into the deep end. Thank you, Daniel.
This has been a wild ride already. I can’t believe I’ve been able to keep this up, but it’s been good for me to set my mind to something and knock it out. I’m quite proud of myself. However, the moment that pride walks in the door, it’s immediately ushered out by the next two: fear and uncertainty.
Let’s face it, there aren’t many things I can point to where I could say, “I started this thing and then stuck with it for over 5 years.” There is a degree of uncertainty for how long this will last. If my parents were reading this blog – and they may eventually – I would be highly surprised if they thought this blog would be anything more than a flash in the pan to go along with all the other things I may have talked about and never tried. They may be right. But, should this blog come to a screeching halt, it will not do so because of anyone but myself.
Fear can be a great motivator (until you overcome it). There is this small degree of terror that I will run out of topics to write about. What if I’m just another one-trick pony that runs out of anything worthwhile to say within the first 31 days of starting a blog? How many more blogs can I write about engaging with and loving on other people before even I start to put myself to sleep while writing…
Speaking of which, I’m exhausted…
If I was going to sum up how I feel at the midpoint, I think I could sum it up by saying, “Keep going.” I don’t know what the future holds. But, I do know what it holds if I quit. Why settle for that? Maybe I will run out of content, but I’ll never know the limits unless I keep going. Maybe people will read. Maybe they won’t. But there has got to be a person out there who needs to read what I’ve written, and I won’t find them if I quit.
Ready, Set, Keep Hustling!!
You know what, it’s now 8:55 and I’m tired… I shall resume the hustle tomorrow. Good night.