I can’t believe it but this is the 200th article I’ve written for my blog (now the Frolic 100).
Committing myself to writing once per week to share my wisdom with the world was the very first step I took in my recovery from my imposter syndrome crisis. My website (chrisfrolic.com) was a literal blank page for several years after I left the stage hypnosis business. I sat in the shadows, hiding for reasons unknown to me, feeling really bad about myself.
The first post to my blog was January 7, 2018. Some of my first work was writing a bio of my life, taking ownership of of my accomplishments. It was so hard for me to do this at that time. Slowly, one article at a time, I shared what I had with the world.
A woman recently told me “Chris, I didn’t realize men could feel this way.” Well, they can, because I did.
Here are some more take-aways as I reflect on this milestone:
- I never had a real goal. There wasn’t a purpose. Other than to share myself with the world.
- Like Forrest Gump, I started running (blogging), with no purpose or end. Simply criss-crossing back and forth.
- The weekly commitment has been powerful, as I’ve always come up with something.
- There’s a ton of intellectual property sitting here, and I can do things like use it to fast-track a book.
- It’s allowed me to clarify my thoughts and bottom-line them. Once written, they become pieces in my repertoire that I can pull out in any powerful conversation.
- What I write about shifts with my own personal interests. This blog isn’t about 1 thing.
- My most powerful articles come from the writing prompt “What do I need to hear most right now?”
- The device I use of ending each article with a question came about organically, and I really amped up that device in my latest book. It wouldn’t have become a thing had I not tested it within the blog.
- It makes me feel good to know I have so much to say, that there are 200 articles in me.
- This has been “easy” for me. I like writing. Video blogging takes more effort and I produce far less content that way. So I stick with what I find easy.
- I hide out away from social media, but I know there is a literal treasure trove of content for people to discover when they do find it.
- I like being on stage, and this blog is another way of communicating from a stage.
- Like my books themselves, 200 articles is an accomplishment that sets me apart.
- That it’s as powerful to write for 100 people as it is 1 million.
- A ton of articles feature me turning my weaknesses into strengths in real time.
- Most of the people in the Frolic 100 are here because I invited them. The rest jumped through hoops to find me and sign up. I don’t make it easy. That makes every participant extremely valuable.
Where do I go from here? I don’t know. But one thing I’ve learned is even though I wished I had a map of the future, the map I create of where I’ve been is extremely impressive. I now have a map with 200 dots on it.
Like Forrest Gump, if you were simply to start running, with no clear purpose in mind, what would that involve for you?
