100th Post - What I've Learned

This is my one-hundredth post. Although this isn't very much for some that have blogged for years, it's still a meaningful milestone for myself. So in no particular order, here are a few things I've learned from blogging over the past few months:

• It's difficult to write on a consistent basis
• It's difficult to write meaningful thoughts nearly every night
• Quality and quantity are two extremely different and usually unrelated concepts
• Blogging is a combination of sharing, exhibitionism, bragging, begging, helping, supporting, teaching, and learning
• To blog is to shed fear, one post at a time
• To blog, one must be ready for Internet-wide criticism - sometimes legitimate and sometimes absurd
• The line between modesty and apprehension is very thin
• Blogging isn't purely a science or an art form
• Spellcheck can't replace a good proof-read
• Giving up isn't necessarily bad and I see why some choose to stop blogging
• But for me, there is something inherently rewarding about thinking out loud.