My whole issue is action. I think about things a lot, I read a lot of information, and I learn a lot of new things, which is all well and dandy, but I don’t do enough. I don’t take action and thus don’t see dividends on the change I want to see.

That’s why I’m proud of blogging every day for one year. The anniversary is today, October 23rd. It was exactly a year ago, in Tanzania, that I realized, “I have no excuse for not blogging every single day. What is preventing me from publishing my writing each day? Nothing. Let’s go.”

So I made a commitment to myself that I would submit my ideas, thoughts and feelings to the public every single day. It’s perhaps the biggest, most tangible, long-term promise to myself I’ve ever followed through on.

The first 5 months of blogging were done while traveling the world, which made it much easier to think of interesting topics because I was experiencing so many cool things. And it was encouraging that I was able to blog anywhere in the world—Kenya, Cambodia, Laos… the world is becoming more connected, and basically everywhere has internet. In many ways that’s a great thing.

It got harder once I returned home and was confined to my home because of the pandemic. There were so many days, somany, that I didn’t feel like blogging. That I didn’t want to face the pressure of publishing my writing. I did it anyway. I took action. Sometimes it wasn’t very good; a lot of my posts, in my eyes, suck. But I did them, and it gave me practice; practice at pressure writing, at developing voice, at figuring out my topics.

So now the big question is, "What now? What's Year Two?" Well, it’s been long overdue that I build some better functionality and a more intuitive user interface into this site. That will be a short-term focus. But I think the elephant in my mind that’s been glaring at me for quite some time is audience. I vow in this second year to no longer be afraid of building my audience. I have to learn how to do it, and it will be challenging. But as I asked myself one year ago today, “So what? Why not? Do you really want this?” The answer is an emphatic yes. I look forward to delivering even more over the next year. Because I believe in the ideas I put forth. I believe we can build a better world together.

To those of you who have been reading this from the beginning, thank you. This has been a transformative journey for me, and I can’t wait to see where the next stage of metamorphosis takes me. In a very meaningful way, you have been along for the ride with me since day one, and I’m forever indebted to your belief and encouragement.

To one more year of producing content. To one more year of trying to raise global consciousness, unite humanity, and inspire change. We can change the world.