Day 1 of 1,000

I know I know. I never call, I never write. It’s like we aren’t even friends anymore.

It’s been 168 days since my last email. I just stopped without any warning or explanation.
And I’m sorry.
I should have said something. No one likes to be ghosted.

This April I had a surprising and disruptive realization:

I deeply desire to love and be loved.

Being 3 years + removed from the official death of my marriage, this realization was emotional but healing. A shift in priorities resulted. Given the limited time in the day, writing fell below the commit line on my priority stack.

But that’s not what I am here to write about today.

I’m declaring today the official start of a new 1,000 days season of positive intentional habit change.

Inspired by Gordo’s 1000 day pacing I’m focusing on one new habit and setting the bar low.

I’m starting with writing.

Goal: send one email every day. It doesn’t need to be long, just sent.

The habit of writing helps me with clarity of thought and vision for the future. The act of publishing stretches my radical vulnerability muscle, preparing me to use it in every other arena of life as well.

Writing is the focus until it feel automatic.

I understand that daily email is a lot. So, if you’re not interested in that I understand. Unread emails and unsubscribes are OK. The point isn’t audience growth. The point is developing a foundation I can build on to become a better writer and thinker.

I probably can’t write exclusively on the subject of fatherhood. So an eventual rebrand is in order. But not today. That’s a problem to solve once this habit is cemented.

Until tomorrow.
- Daniel Otto Spencer Polehn.