Day 1: Why I took a course to write better

If I'm being honest with myself, writing doesn't feel painful; it just hasn't felt like fun either. Perhaps with some practice, it'll get better.

After a long time of using Dickie Bush's Twitter content to write a little bit, I decided to sign up for the cohort-based course, Ship 30 for 30.

Here are a few reasons why:

1. Writing does not come easily to me -- or it certainly feels that way. As a long-time broadcaster, I feel more natural in front of the microphone, and even to some degree, on video. I tried to speak and use the transcription for text-based posts, but it didn't necessarily feel better or more natural.

2. I believe writing will help me have the impact I want to have on the world. I imagine many people get more value from the written word than other forms of communication, so I might as well test that hypothesis.

3. It's a challenge. While I admit that I am the first to ditch things that I'm a) not intuitively good at and b) have no interest in getting better, I do like the idea of improving when it is something that doesn't feel like pain. If I'm being honest with myself, writing doesn't feel painful; it just hasn't felt like fun either. Perhaps with some practice, it'll get better.

Over the next 30 days, I plan on writing about self-awareness, intentionality and time blocking.

I'm excited to add writing as a tool in my toolset to encourage people to go after the thing they've always wanted to see in the world.