I often use the term “just keep going”. I use it in jest, but there’s also an angle of seriousness to it.
The reality is that it’s hard to “just keep going”, I know that and feel it in myself. I often post “just keep going” posts on social, it’s a ritual and a recognition to myself that the work got done and it mattered, even if only I ever appreciated it.
When I use to regularly run I would take a post run selfie with a thumbs up. Now when I do stuff I tend to take screenshots of my progress and (sometimes) share them publicly. I stopped running, but took up other activities.
Since 2020, I’m now getting close to 400 strength training workout sessions and am over 500 community posts (Rosieland + Continuous Community combined).
Around the same time, I also started maintaining a community knowledgebase which now has thousands of references.
And I can honestly say the same for my business, Ministry of Testing. I just kept going. I kept doing stuff. Trying out new things. And pushing through the hard stuff. It often seems pointless and like we’re never making progress at the time. I’m so good at giving myself a hard time. But then it just takes looking back at each year to see the progress I have made. 17 years later it is still going strong.
With all of these things I never quite knew where I was going. I never had a clear outcome. I just started doing and shipping the work whilst recognising and celebrating to myself every bit of progress.
Often we are told that we need some fancy and smart strategy to succeed. The reality is that we need to find a way to “just keep going”.
🔮 I’m launching a course soon on a topic that I’m deeply fascinated about — Community Discovery.
Knowledgebase? Thousands of references? Is this like a community library or wiki? Who puts information in the knowledgebase? Is this information from individuals and not anywhere on the internet? Sounds fascinating that you did this and kept it growing for years.
I needed to read this today. Thanks Rosie! ❤️