Reflecting on a Year of Growth: How Overcoming Writing Insecurities Led to Top Millennial Blog Success
As the year comes to a close, I’m in full reflective mode on the passing of time. One of the most thrilling parts of the last 12 months has been the new attention and connection that is coming to and through my writing in my blog posts.
We nearly doubled our newsletter subscribers to close to 5,000 members. We have been recognized as a Top 100 Millennial Blog across the entire online community. We receive kudos and thanks for the content every time it’s put out into the world. As a result, we’ve sparked some powerful dialogues from dining rooms to boardrooms.
To say ‘it’s humbling’ is to put it too lightly.
I was always told I was a bad writer. My first year in business I shied away from all writing because I didn’t want to embarrass myself from my lack of skill. Everyone told me to start a blog for thought leadership, but I didn’t think my thoughts would resonate. I was a terrible writer, after all.
After a few months of entrepreneurship under my belt, big, clear ideas came to my head. I pushed through my insecurities and put those ideas out there. The reception wasn’t overwhelming at first. In fact, it was almost nothing.
Now that I’m in the rhythm of how, when and what to write – it feels like I’m punishing myself when I don’t take the time to get it out. Now that it’s become a habit, things got pretty darn good in 2017.
Here are the seven blog posts (click to get to the article) that had the most traction in the last year:
- Five Signs You’re in a Toxic Company
- Four Messages You’re Sending when you Email After Hours
- Total Eclipse of the Soul
- Where Baltimore Leaders Go to Retreat
- Five Crucial Components for your Holiday Party
- Three Free Quizzes to Understand Yourself and those Around You
- Four Ways to Lead Millennials in the Workplace