100 days 🟩

Why I commit to daily commits

Just hit 100 days of code commits 🟩

But this isn’t a post about the power of consistency nor the glory of grinding.

Not gonna lie… I found it hard to sustain on some days.

Even for someone who completed 365 days of commits last year.
Even for someone with 1560 days of daily writing.
Even for someone who trained all his youth in sports to be this disciplined.

But I made a promise to myself to never stop working towards my dream, so I just try again. And again. Even a tiny, laughable task, I do it.

Even through burnout days.
Even through days when everyone in the family fell sick.
Even through 12-14h work days.

Honestly, those daily commits ain’t much. I don’t even know if it truly adds up and compounds. Nobody knows.

But what I do know, each tiny action reminds me to chase my dreams.

Truth is, I’m afraid.

I need these reminders because I’m afraid.

I’m petrified… that I will forget. Because I’ve been on the other side where day jobs, burnout, video games, mid-life crises and other shiny objects made me forget. Right now, this world built for distraction, they want you to forget to create, only mindlessly consume as NPCs do.

And it’s easy to remember and to act on your dreams, when life is good.

It’s times like now, when overwhelm is a daily thing; when I work 12h shifts; when everyone wants a piece of me, that I need to work all the more harder to never forget.

So I commit.
To not forget.
To remember.

My dreams.

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And of course, being with other equally committed shippers on Commit365 helps loads too!

Here’s to 100, you crazy ones 🍻🍻🍻

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