Publishing Imperfectly

It's really hard to come back to writing.

I've wanted to write something for weeks now, but my ideas don't feel worth sharing. They didn't before either, but I was in the practice of sharing them anyway.

I was in the practice of publishing imperfectly.

This didn't mean that my articles were lazy or typo-ridden, but it did mean I was willing to publish before I second-guessed myself.

Because as the last few weeks have shown me, it's easy to doubt yourself when you're out of practice.

We'll never be ready to write or do anything that requires us to put ourselves out there. We wait for the perfect idea, the perfect moment — and it never comes.

But here I am, publishing imperfectly.

Everything I've ever written has been shared in the same way. Typically with at least a twinge of fear and doubt. But the more often I published, the more I accepted the process of writing. The more I was willing to write on insights or ideas that caught my attention.

And though I didn’t write for any outcome, I can proudly look back and say that in all that I've imperfectly published, there are certainly some articles I'm quite proud of.

We won't bat 1.000, but we do have to keep returning to the plate.

I do not plan to come back to weekly articles at this time, but I do plan to be more willing to get to the plate and publish imperfectly.

I hope you're doing well.