I write every day at this blog. It’s a rule that I respond very well to.

Some people who write every day queue up many posts ahead of time, so something goes live every day. I imagine some people are 60 or even 100 days ahead. That means a post they write today will go up two or three months from now, unless they manually rearrange the schedule.

Whenever my queue fills up, and I’m a few days ahead, something happens. As the possibilities broaden up, and the deadline seems looser, my mind loses focus on writing every day. It gets distracted by the possibilities—occasionally falling into the trance of ambition, sometimes being too picky with ideas—and I, inevitably, fall behind. 

As soon as I’m several days behind on posts, another thing happens: my mind focuses on catching up. I can, easily, write three or five posts in a day. 

I’ve written this blog for over 1,400 days, and I’m still learning how to encourage myself to build a queue of over 10 posts long. It reminds me of an asymptote; I constantly approach this queue of 10, and never quite reach it.

It’s an interesting observation. If my mind responds to relaxation with distraction and ambition, there’s probably a more constructive way to channel those energies.