Moonsprint
July 2023
Tonight is a full moon. (Also the buck moon, also a supermoon.)
Starting tomorrow, and continuing until the new moon on July 17th, I will complete one project every day, and share my progress as I go.
Why do this?
So many reasons!
For starters, Iāve got a bunch of semi-completed projects that have been languishing for weeks. Maybe you can relate. Putting some pressure on myself to close these open loops is a Good Thing, and public accountability has worked for me before.
Iāve also got several new projects Iām eager to work on, but I want to make sure I donāt just bury myself further in drafts and incomplete checklists.
Thereās more. I use ConvertKit to send emails, and since Iām no longer on social media it seems like getting good at that tool is a wise investment. Setting up the infrastructure to send 14 daily emails to a small subsegment of my list is a learning exercise thatāll help me start down the path to email wizardry.
Not only that, but doing this experiment gives me a chance to explore working on ānon-calendar timeāāsomething Iām curious about in its own right. Does tying my work to the actual rhythms of nature (rather than an arbitrary formula) feel different? Do I get moreāor lessādone? One way to find out.
What it looks like
Iāll send out a daily email with an update on what I finished. Itāll be things like new book chapters, audio recordings of chapters from my first book, podcast episodes, maybe lessons in a new email course.
Join me! If you want. No pressure
Sign up here to get the 14 daily emails. (Note: sprint is over! though you can still sign up for my once-a-moon newsletter.)
You can follow along quietly, or cheer me on if youād like.
Or do your own moonsprint: Resolve to complete any number of projects (could be one, definitely doesnāt have to be 14 :) between now and the new moon. Tell me about it and weāll keep each other accountable.