On January 6, 2019, I decided to publish The Ewellogy daily. Today, January 5, 2020, marks the 365th consecutive daily blog. It’s been an interesting journey, and thanks to those of you who have traveled with me!

Here are a few principles and lessons learned:

• I try to make each blog about something current in my life, something God is speaking to me about today, rather than just resurrecting some teaching point.
• To publish daily, I definitely have to not let the perfect be the enemy of the good. If I waited and revised until a blog was perfect, I would never publish.
• The exercise has made me more observant. As Yogi Berra said, “You can observe a lot by just watching.”

• Once I got going, the streak took on a life of its own. Cal Ripken, Jr., the baseball player who now holds the record for the most consecutive games, 2,131, writes about the streak in the first chapter his book Just Show Up. Among his observations are the following:

Everything you do is a test of how well you do it, not just once or twice, but again and again, after your task has lost its newness or novelty, when it’s just the daily repetition of what needs to be done…It’s not what you mean to do, it’s what you actually do: it’s actions, not intentions…Don’t expect to be appreciated, though. That’s not why you pursue a streak. That’s not why you show up. You do it because it’s what you do. It’s your job. 

I have begun to feel that the daily Ewellogy is part of my job, and the process of putting what I believe are important messages out there is forming me.

Again, thanks for being with me on the journey. Year 2 starts tomorrow!

I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense, and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns;
the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. Then I saw and considered it; I looked and received instruction… (Proverbs 24.30 – 32, ESV)

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I am about to rain bread from heaven for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day… (Exodus 16.4, ESV, emphasis mine)