My Final 52 for Fifty Two post (2024):
For all of 2024 I shared stories and lessons both professional and personal here on LinkedIn.
To each of you that read my posts, engaged, commented, or sent me messages - thank you! Your messages helped fuel my writing!
Some things that I learned from writing and doing this:
1) This was a challenge and way harder than I originally thought. But I am glad I finished!
2) I had so many ideas originally, and then about week 30 I struggled to write and almost had a writer’s block. I never really overcame this… which leads to #3
3) I struggled with consistency. 52 weeks is a long time! I didn’t always post on every Friday like I intended. And due to some life happenings, I fell a little behind. That being said, I still managed to write all 52. Something I learned about myself though is I need to have better consistency in all areas of my life - and it’s something I need to seriously work on.
4) The posts or lessons that I thought would resonate the best, did not in fact take off. It was actually the more random thoughts and posts that performed well. What I can do with this info, I have no clue 😂
5) The most rewarding part was hearing from others and receiving commentary around the posts. For some people, the posts meant a lot. That’s truly the only reason I wanted to do them. It was to help others in their life and leadership journey.
6) I found that preparation only went so far. I have always preached preparation and being prepared in all aspects of life, but especially in the professional world. For this particular challenge, I found that working ahead and writing ahead of time actually hurt my efficiency. If I wrote a post 2 weeks in advance, by the time I read it 1 last time before posting I usually wanted to make changes last minute.. not all that efficient!
7) Even though I have good experience in the leadership world, as a professional, as a an athlete, as a coach, and valuable perspectives from my personal life, I still found myself often having the Impostor Sybdrom feeling. All I did was try to ignore that feeling, and I reminded myself that others had engaged with the content in the past. So even if only 1 person liked it, at least it helped 1 person. I can live with that!
Again, thank you to everyone who read and engaged with my posts throughout the past 52 weeks! I am grateful!
Week 52 of 52
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