Two weeks ago, I finished a project centered around my unimpressive college stories to learn from those mistakes and move on.
I’ve yet to start my next project because of work-related stuff in my two jobs (and because I’m becoming a dogsitter for a friend who was generous enough to allow me to borrow her apartment while she’s outside the country).
Still, I reflected on that project and realized a few areas I can work on to improve my future projects. I wondered why I had finished feeling unsatisfied, and I found it was because of two things.
The articles lacked good storytelling, which was unfortunate because they focused on my college experiences.
Yet, I didn’t write them as effectively as I wanted. For someone who always talks about storytelling and how much they love it, there’s a lot I could work on before I can call myself good.
The second area was my marketing and promotion for the project. I did the project because I couldn’t not do it and keep living.
But I also hoped I could reach other people and encourage them to share their vulnerable moments in college, having them feel comfortable enough to share theirs after reading mine.
I’m grateful some read my articles, but I wanted more people to read them.
This feeling will grow as I continue publishing more of my writings.
That’s exactly why I was drawn to digital marketing: the belief that my message matters enough to be in front of people’s faces and get them to read it.
I’m certain there were more areas, but these two stood out to me the most: storytelling and marketing/promotion.
And instead of setting time aside to improve these skills, I thought, why not make them my next project?
Why not start a project that forces me to tell stories in a more impactful way?
Why not start a project that’ll help me gain traction on my LinkedIn profile and increase my audience?
So, that’s what the following projects will become.
I’ll let the weaknesses of my past projects become the focal points of my future projects.
The momentum will carry me to heights I never envisioned.
I know it will.
Here’s my quote for the day.
Whatever it was that I felt was the weak link in my previous project gave me inspiration for the next one.
Joni Mitchell in a 1979 interview with Cameron Crowe