My 600 Daily Posts Reflection: Finding My Why, Inspiration, And Voice

24 Jun 2026 #writing

Why

These last 100 posts made me ask why.

Likes and attention are tempting. I’ve questioned if a blog is the right place to be. Writers I follow on social media have already moved to Substack. Everybody seems to be thriving there.

Sometimes blog aggregators make me rush to count votes each morning. Analytics, votes, replies, mentions… “How did my posts do yesterday?”

I’ve had to remind myself to write for one person. To build something I like. To do it for my own health. To quiet my inner critic.

Inspiration

Since May, I’ve started to take walks every day.

Every afternoon, I get outside to breathe fresh air and stretch my legs. I’ve noticed how my mood changes when I do it. Even if that’s just to walk around my block. Maybe I’m just convincing myself to keep walking.

I leave my phone behind every time. On Sundays, I go analog. To capture ideas, I use old receipts and a tiny pencil that fits into my wallet. I’ve learned not to rely on my phone for notes. Paper doesn’t run out of battery.

Those walks have inspired most of my posts. For the last 100 posts, I’ve published more stories from small life moments. Not keeping a phone in my pocket makes me notice the world. Who would have thought it?

Voice

Beyond walking, the last 100 posts felt different.

A post doesn’t feel like an assignment anymore. It feels more like a spark to capture. Some sparks need more words. Others just a couple of sentences.

I try not to hit a word count, but sharing an idea without fluff. Something that doesn’t need an AI summary.

My most-read posts

From analytics, blog aggregators, replies, and social blogs:

• Write Not to Be Read (Yes, You Read That Right)
• Bubbles Made It: A Newspaper-Style Feed
• A Life Lesson Learned From Dressing Up at the Airport
• I’m Adopting This Weekly Practice To Escape From Screens and Reconnect
• A Love-Hate Letter to Coding
• A Simple Exercise to Instantly Improve Your Sentences
• The Most Painful Career Lesson My Best Job Taught Me

My favorites

Not every popular post is a favorite. But these are the ones I enjoyed writing the most:

• The Secret to Surviving 30 Years In One Job (And to Live a Happy Life)
• Why I Don’t Do Sales Calls (On Either Side)
• A Nobel Prize–Winning Writer Made Me Ask Why I Write. I have to read this one every time I feel like quitting or writing just for attention.
• 10 Life Lessons I Wish I Knew When I Was 25 (And Nobody Told Me)
• My Productivity Mentor, Life Coach, And Therapist Is 4 Years Old
• A Latin Party For a Gringo Who Never Knew What Happened. This one takes me back to a party that made me laugh like I was 5 again.
• How a Membership Roundup Helped Shape My Horizon Goal. Here’s where I wrote about my goal of documenting my life into books.

As an honorable mention, here’s My First Post Interview (On Coding, Writing, And Side Projects). Also available in Turkish. Merhaba!

Here are my 100-post, 200-post, 300-post, 400-post, and 500-post reflections.