After writing daily for a month, what happened?

My experiment of writing every weekday that started in October ended last weekend.

I caught a cold from my kid these past few days, had terrible nasal congestion, and binge-played the recently popular “Escape from Duckuf”. No updates. Slacking off. Revenge procrastination.¹

This experiment resulted in 24 posts in one month—more than the previous 9 months combined.

Actually, more than my entire life before.

Numbers tell the story. Compared to the month before the experiment: visitor count increased 150%, visits increased 200%, page views increased 500%, and time on page increased 50%.

More importantly, writing is thinking. All that writing helped me figure out many things—wanting to be a writer, wanting more readers, wanting to write Player Notes. The book outline is set, and I’ve written at least 30% of it!

I also discovered I’m a curiosity-driven player. Like how I can’t write Player Notes for three days straight—I need to switch things up. Not that it’s bad; I just need variety, to explore other things.

Because I can write about different topics, writing never gets boring, and I can keep going.

Besides doubling the number of articles on my site, I received several reader emails. Having readers proactively reach out feels really good.

Derek Sivers said focus is like sunlight. Normally it’s scattered and can’t ignite anything. But take a magnifying glass and concentrate the sunlight—it can burn wood. This month’s writing was my attempt at the magnifying glass concept.

Daily posting is genuinely great. If I continued, it would probably be amazing.

But I know myself.

For now, I choose not to continue.

The costs

During daily posting, my mind was consumed with that day’s article. My carefully built morning routine was destroyed. 24 minutes of meditation gone, 25 minutes of aimless morning journaling became deadline cramming.

Those nights rushing to publish five minutes before Wi-Fi auto-shutdown felt like playing meaningless Duolingo streaks. I seemed to have added unnecessary chains to myself. I hate being constrained.

Worst of all, my app. Untouched for two months, I forgot what the last PR was about. This major update isn’t just about removing ads—there are issues requiring significant time and energy to resolve. I know I need to face them, but…

Writing became the perfect excuse to avoid.

Tens of thousands of active users could get better app updates, yet here I am writing articles.

So daily posting has pros and cons for me. I want to be a writer, but I’m also an indie developer. My multiple interests mean I currently can’t focus entirely on just one thing.

Though that sounds really appealing.

My new plan

Originally, my hard target was one post per month. After a month of intense averaging 6 posts per week, I proved I could do it.

So I decided to adjust to twice weekly.

8 posts a month means nearly 100 per year. Compared to last month it’s a downgrade, but overall it’s an upgrade. Writing more is a win, just not bound by the “daily weekday” framework.

To become a modern writer, I can’t just write blog posts—I need time and space for other experiments.

This isn’t giving up; it’s adjusting the rhythm. Like hackathons: sprint intensely a few times a year, go all out each time, then rest, reflect, evolve.

Just remember: use the extra time to create, to face those avoided problems and solve them properly. Not just binge-watching shows and playing games.

Because:

• You’re not the protagonist—you’re the player
• Games that are too easy aren’t fun
• Watching others fight doesn’t give you XP
• You only get rewards after killing the monster

(See how useful Player Notes is!?)

This experiment taught me: I can do it, I just don’t need to do it all the time right now.

Without trying, you won’t know you even have this option and capability.

Overall, the experiment was a huge success. Thanks to myself for the past month’s effort. I recommend everyone try this and find their own rhythm.