November 1st and here we are again. I participated in National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo) last year and I had so much fun doing it. It was a real happiness boost for me during the shorter days even though it was also a lot of work but I so appreciated the connections happening. My online friend San over at the in between is mine is getting us organized again and I really want to give it a go a 2nd time around. She has a list of this years participants and also the ones from previous years.
Lesson learned from last year: 30 days is not enough to form a habit. I wanted to blog more but life had other plans. I have this tendency that if I have a lot on my mind I can’t or don’t want to talk about online I usually don’t at all. No worries, we are doing fine.
But onto a better and brighter month ahead! I did not make any plans for posts yet (I probably should have) but if everything fails I can always carry over my #project365 from Instagram. I enjoyed taking a picture each day this year. This is what I liked about Instagram in the first place – the pictures that give you a little glimpse into daily (or not so daily) life. Sometimes I had to play catch up because there were days filled with work where I just did not take a picture and I got tricked into creating a reel twice I believe but I almost made it.
I look forward to lots of reading blog posts and getting to meet old and new “faces” in the process.
Home here and there 
So happy you decided to join in. I cannot believe we only met a year ago. it seems like I am reading your post much longer. Or maybe I do…
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Thank you Tobia! I am so glad I “met” you and all the others from NaBloPoMo last year.
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How long do you really think it takes to form a habit? Months? Years? Does it depend on what the thing is? I struggle with this question so much.
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I would imagine it depends on lots of different aspects e.g. how much you enjoy something or how much time you have available/how much time it takes you? It’s an interesting topic, isn’t it? I know there is quite a bit of research out there. I vaguely remember that in one article they claimed it takes at least 90 days. I think I was circling around that topic in my head during last year’s NaBloPoMo and tumbled down a rabbit hole never to put something substantial on paper about it because I ended up from one article to the next. To be revisited.
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Yay! So you are doing it again! Don’t worry about not planning any posts- the first year I did it I basically jumped in at the last minute, and it turned out fine. It will be fun!
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Yes, it will be fun! I already feel good about my decision 🙂
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Oooh interesting assessment about habits! Last year I found that I had a hard time scaling back my posting, because it became so normal just from NaBloPoMo. The same cannot be said of exercise though, hmmm….
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If exercise habits would be easy – sigh. At least not for me. Scaling back was all to easy last year for me with the holiday craziness starting up right after.
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Hi! Daria from New Jersey.
Habits…. ohhhh I don’t know, if I enjoy it I’ll do it, if not- I will come up with the perfect excuse lol
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Hi Daria from New Jersey, Nice to meet you! I know all about the excuses (especially if it was to wiggle myself out of a sports class I really did not want to take but my friends did). I promised myself to be more honest about it in general at least as long as I am not hurting anyone else.
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Meike! I was so excited when I saw that you decided to join again last minute… and don’t worry about jumping in without a plan. It’ll work itself out 🙂 You know it’s all about getting started again. Looking forward to reading more from you again (and there’s always the Project365! 😉
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You are absolutely right. Looking forward to a month not only writing but also reading and commenting. Thank you again for getting everyone organized!
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I’m so glad that you’re participating again! Looking forward to seeing posts from you. 🙂
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Nice to meet you again. It feels a little like meeting old friends again.
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