Have you ever read a comment on YouTube or Reddit and written a response, only to never hit the send button. I do this very often. Even though I do a lot of thinking, I do very little writing. I especially don’t like publishing my thoughts, and most of what I write is deleted before I hit the post button. After reading “Atomic Habits”, I became aware that this is something I’ve internalized and made part of my identity, though this is also something that can be changed. I intend to do exactly that, and make a habit of writing out my thoughts, in the hopes of being able to identify myself as a “tech blogger” or writer. My goal is to write a bit when I have spare time on the train or during the weekends. Or when I find something new and interesting that I’d like to share with the world. I think this is a process that will help me grow as a developer and make me more structured. It will also force me to finish projects, on the off chance that they might get checked out by others.

Stop waiting for the opportune moment

Do you ever find yourself saying to things like:

“I will start eating healthy next week”, “I will fix that door when I get the tools” or “I will start making YouTube videos when I get a better PC”.

Then you’ve fallen into of the “toolbox fallacy. In essence it is the thought that I cannot do X until I have the Y. This is a thought pattern that holds us back, that keeps us from pursuing our dreams and passions.

Because I technically am a fullstack developer, I could build my own blog from scratch (at least in theory). Though if I opted for that approach I would never get started writing anything! Instead I chose WordPress, so I could focus on the more important aspects of writing a blog. Waiting for the perfect moment has it’s time and place, but in most cases we will improve on what we do just by putting in the repetitions. I’m not very pleased with what I have written so far, but hopefully it will get better in the next 10-100 posts. The truth is that we can get pretty good at anything given enough time and repetitions.