Blogging Every Day: What’s Easy, What’s Not, What I’ve Learned

Once upon a time (okay, like a couple of years ago), I did a little experiment: I watched and blogged about a movie every single day. Nearly a year of daily posts. No breaks. No excuses. Just me, my keyboard, and a whole lot of popcorn.

And you know what? It became a habit—like brushing my teeth or checking my email. At first it felt like a chore, but then something clicked, and suddenly not blogging felt weird.

Then life happened. Or more specifically, a nasty accident happened. I shattered my pelvis, and blogging was shoved way down to the bottom of the priority list. Healing took time, and even after I was up and about again, I didn’t touch my blog for months.

But here I am—back on the horse (pun absolutely intended). And since I did it once, I figure I can do it again. I’ve decided to blog every day. A new chapter of the experiment begins.

The Easy Part

The best part about blogging daily is how quickly it rewires your brain. Once you get rolling, ideas are everywhere. A random overheard conversation? Blog post. A guilty-pleasure movie rewatch? Blog post. That weird dream where Nicolas Cage ran a haunted ice cream truck? Definitely a blog post.

Publishing gets easier too. During my movie-a-day challenge, I stopped worrying about whether each post was “worthy.” Some days I wrote deep dives into cinematography. Other days I wrote two snarky paragraphs and called it good. Either way, hitting “publish” became second nature.

The Hard Part

Consistency is still the trickiest beast. When you’re tired, when you’re sore, when the day is full of errands and distractions, carving out time to write feels impossible. Some nights, it’s a scramble to get words down before midnight.

And yes, perfectionists beware: typos sneak through. Sentences wobble. Not everything will shine. Blogging daily forces you to accept imperfection or you’ll drive yourself absolutely bonkers.

What I’ve Learned (Round Two)

• Habits stick, but they’re also fragile. Blogging daily for nearly a year was proof I could do it. But once I stopped, I stopped hard. Getting back into the groove takes effort.
• Momentum is magical. Once I started up again, that muscle memory kicked in. Even on low-energy days, my brain now says, “We’ve done this before, we can do it again.”
• Readers connect with honesty, not polish. My long-winded essays sometimes got polite nods, but the posts where I casually admitted, “I watched this cheesy 80s flick and loved every second”? Those sparked conversations.
• It feels good to show up. Even if no one else reads it, there’s satisfaction in keeping the promise to myself.

Why I’m Doing It Again

Breaking my blogging streak taught me something unexpected: I missed it. I missed the little ritual of sitting down, spilling my thoughts onto the page, and sending them out into the ether. I missed the rhythm of it.

So yeah, blogging every day isn’t always glamorous. Sometimes it’s exhilarating, sometimes it’s exhausting. But if I survived a year of movies and blogging (and a shattered pelvis), I figure I can survive a daily post or two.

Here’s to new habits, old lessons, and the stubborn joy of showing up.

So, thanks for being here while I stretch my blogging muscles again. If you’ve ever tried a daily project (or want to), I’d love to know what it taught you.