What I’ve Learned From Writing 100 Blogs

For about 3 months straight, I’ve been writing blogs every single day, and as time went on – I received so, so many benefits from the new found habit.

The process started out as a marketing strategy – to improve my SEO for the business – and it turned into so much more.

So, this is what I’ve learned from writing 100 blogs.

I’ve learned what my business is and what direction I’m heading in. I’ve learned that I love learning, teaching and applying and repeating.

I’ve learned that even if you don’t want to do something, you can still push through and achieve what you put your mind to.

You see, pretty quickly I realized that the blogs weren’t even that much about SEO. They were mostly about educating myself on what it is that I do, and excavating everything out of my mind that had built up in there over the past 4 or 5 years.

Writing blogs every single morning has helped me to make stronger connections in my mind between my thoughts and my speech. I have access to everything that I know, because every morning I sit in quiet contemplation, accessing talking points that I find interesting.

And that brings me to my biggest realization yet – I don’t need to write the Ashcroft Media Co. blogs anymore. So, this will be the last one. 100 feels right.

And the reason I know that it’s time for them to end is because I can feel myself not enjoying writing them anymore, I’m reaching too far for talking points – it doesn’t feel like it did at the start. The dopamine is gone.

But I’ve had more than enough instances of wanting to stop that have led to this decision. You see, I’ve had mornings where I sat there for 45 minutes, wondering what to write.

I’d think “well, this is it – I’m all out of ideas.” These thoughts came up twice, then three times. Then they went away. Then it racked up to 10 times, and then eventually it was almost every single time I wrote through this lens. But I still wrote anyways.

This lens is that of a creative individual speaking to business owners about why what I do is awesome, hoping to help them out a little bit with valuable information. And while I enjoyed doing that for a time – now I feel it would be better for me to simply do the work and show the business owners what I do.

What’s further, is that the other blog, which is self-titled, is where my true passion and love lies. The interesting thing is that as I wrote both of these blogs every single morning, the subject matter through the other lens has become the clear winner.

SO!

This is not the end, but a shift in focus. The Ashcroft Media Co. blogs have begun to read more like a Jay Ashcroft blog. They’re becoming more about philosophy and business mindset hacks – so why would I continue to write through two different lenses?

The Ashcroft Media Co. blogs were always intended to be tutorial based and theoretical in nature. The Jay Ashcroft blogs are open ended and infinitely scalable.

Those blogs are in the realms of mindset hacking, philosophical thoughts and spiritual meditations. They’re business hack blogs and use creative idea sharing topics – they’re just one human speaking about his experiences, and sharing them – hoping to inspire others through the written and spoken word.

So, what’s the biggest thing I’ve learned from writing 100 blogs? When you don’t feel like it anymore, keep going. And then push even further past that point. Don’t stop for anything, and then once you’ve overcome the urge to stop – make the conscious choice to shift your focus.

And do it in a momentous way. 100 blogs feels right to me, so farewell – see you over in the Jay Ashcroft Blogs.

To Your Success,

Jay Ashcroft

Ashcroft Media Co.