I Thought I'd Run Out of Ideas—but 200 Posts Proved Me Wrong

20 May 2025 #writing

I decided to challenge myself: write every single day. No excuses.

I started back in November 1st, 2024. This is my daily post #200. I thought I didn’t have anything to share. If we think a post has to be 100% original, we seldom write. And the truth is there’s nothing 100% original.

I also thought I’d run out of ideas. But the first 100 daily posts proved me wrong and another 100 convinced me it’s possible.

My most-read and favorite posts

Here are some of the most-read posts from the last 100 days:

• How to Demotivate Your Development Team
• 10 Ways to Stand Out at Work—Other than Work Hard
• 9 Subjects I’ve Changed My Mind About as a Software Engineer
• What Frustrates Me the Most as a C#/.NET Developer
• You’re Not a Programmer Until…

And here are some of my favorites:

• How MedAI Will Transform Hospitals and Patient Care by 2035
• 12 Hard Truths About Coding I Learned the Hard Way After 10 Years
• 9 Lessons from Writing 10 (Bad) Ideas Daily to Become an Idea Machine
• I Never Knew Kidneys Mattered—Until Dialysis Hit Close to Home
• Why You Should Change Jobs—According to Jesus

What posting daily has done for me

Posting daily has:

• Made me conscious of the content I consume
• Made me think of posts as public notes
• Made me remember past stories

Some days I almost broke my streak. Some night, near mid-night, I had to rush to finish my post for the next day.

Writing 10 ideas a day to become an idea machine has helped me keep my writing goal. Some of my 10-idea lists have inspired or become posts.

Writing daily has become part of my healthy routine. It has sharpened my writing skills and helped me document ideas I would have otherwise forgotten.