Behind the scenes here on Blogspot there is a counter which keeps track of the number of posts you have drafted and the number which have been published.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
That’s how I know today’s post marks an important and fairly unbelievable milestone: I have now published 2,000 individual pieces here.<\/p>\n\n\n
I started this blog on November 7, 2010, back when we were first feeling called to serve God in Haiti. In the beginning, it was a way to document my process of downsizing in preparation for moving the family to the mission field.<\/p>\n\n\n
Back then, I determined that each day I would find some item around the house to either sell, give away, or toss – and then I would document those decisions daily.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
I remember the experience as fun and liberating on the whole.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
(Which surprised me then but wouldn’t now.)<\/p>\n\n\n
These days I keep writing in order to process my thoughts on a myriad of topics – whatever has captured my attention on any particular day.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
Plus, it serves as a place to record all of them. If they don’t get written down, they simply evaporate.<\/p>\n\n\n
And what good is an idea if it disappears before it’s even fully formed?<\/p>\n\n\n
Hitting the 2,000-post milestone might just inspire me to follow through on a vague desire lodged in the back of my mind for many years now: to write my own book.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
Afterall, if this is an average post – and it’s over 200 words – then I’ve likely written and edited over 400,000 words here.<\/p>\n\n\n
That’s equivalent (in word count at least) to 10 average-sized non-fiction books.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
Little by little.<\/p>\n\n\n
So what would keep me from writing a book the same way?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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