7 posts, 7 days

February 22, 2014 | 37 comments

Starting Monday, it’s on! A new post every day from Monday, February 24 to Sunday, March 2.

7-day-blog-challenge

And if you have a blog, you should join me. Here’s why:

Your readers want to hear from you. Don’t you love it when you see new posts from your favorite bloggers? Personally, I would rather them throw together short, imperfect posts than not update at all, and I bet your readers feel the same way.
It’ll help you overcome perfectionism. How often has this happened to you?: You have a good idea for a post. You’re just about to type it up, but then you start second guessing it. An hour later, you’ve decided that if you were to put these thoughts into words, everyone would think that you’re the most crazy / stupid / irresponsible / weird / boring / unoriginal person in the whole world. Then someone else writes the same basic thing, and everyone on Facebook is hailing it as the most brilliant writing ever put on the internet. This is why we need deadlines: they force us to stop thinking and just write.
It’s like a blogging closet cleanout. When I clean out my closet, I have a rule that if it’s been more than a year since I last wore an item, I either need to decide that I will begin wearing it now or give it away — no more looking at it and saying “maybe one day I’ll get to it…” The 7×7 blogging challenge does the same thing for my closet of post ideas. If there’s a topic I’ve been meaning to get to for months, I either write about it during 7×7 or delete it from the list.
New readers will discover your blog. My favorite part of the last 7×7 is that a bunch of readers mentioned that they discovered new writers from it!

For those intrepid bloggers who are up to the challenge, feel free to add your blog to the linky list below so that the rest of us can follow along with your posts.

And if you don’t have a blog but like reading them, check out the list for sites that will have lots of fresh content next week.

Monday, it begins.

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37 Comments

Valerie @ Momma in Progress on February 22, 2014 at 2:25 pm

I seriously cannot believe I just put my link on this list. Clearly, I have lost my mind.
Jessica @ Shower of Roses on February 22, 2014 at 2:31 pm

I was just telling a friend that I needed this challenge again. 🙂 Thanks for hosting!
April on February 22, 2014 at 3:52 pm

Hmm. I blog infrequently because I have to make every post well thought out and complete. But you have some convincing arguments there… I’ll be pondering. And MAYBE I’ll be linking up.
Amanda on February 22, 2014 at 3:59 pm

Linking up again! The last link-up is what started me blogging a bit more consistently (at least once a week…or so..). Hoping this time I’ll get another little jumpstart to get up to a couple times a week or more! Fun times ahead!
Megan on February 22, 2014 at 4:39 pm

I didn’t do this the first time around but I am going to try and keep up this week 🙂 And I do the 7 Quick Takes Friday’s most of the time 🙂
Cristina on February 22, 2014 at 7:25 pm

So excited. It was your first 7in7 where I met my bloggy BFF! Can’t wait to see what’s in store this go round!
Jeni on February 22, 2014 at 10:08 pm

I’m excited–I already have two posts written.

2 down, 5 to go…

Love this linkup! Looking forward to reading lots of awesome posts!!

<3 jeni
bobbi @ revolution of love on February 22, 2014 at 10:54 pm

This was hard work but a lot of fun the last time I participated. I’m looking forward to doing it again. Since I love meeting new bloggers in these link-ups, I also randomly picked three participating bloggers to follow next week. That way I also support those playing along. 🙂
Stephanie on February 23, 2014 at 5:48 pm

I’m doing it! Not only because it sounds like a great idea, but because my husband starts coaching soccer in a week and then my brain will turn into survival mode and all creativity will be lost.
Melanie Bettinelli on February 23, 2014 at 11:37 pm

Is it cheating if I’ve already committed to a New Year’s resolution of posting a poem a day? I’d probably try to do a second post too, but I’m not sure I can commit to two posts a day.
Joan on February 23, 2014 at 11:54 pm

Thanks for hosting this little challenge! Looking forward to discovering some new blogs! 🙂
Olga on February 24, 2014 at 2:13 am

Starting today – one post each day! =)
Olga on February 24, 2014 at 2:14 am

Oh and that’s the URL – http://spicylife.typepad.com
Kelly M. on February 24, 2014 at 6:17 am

Alright I’m signed up, but if my family comes down with another parasitic infection mid-week, i’ll know that I’m just NOT supposed to blog seven times in seven days.
Rhonda Ortiz (@ The Naptime Novelist) on February 24, 2014 at 8:53 am

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can…
Melody on February 24, 2014 at 9:42 am

I’m joining you! I like the idea of getting out some posts that have been sitting in my drafts. They are my self-conscious posts! Thanks for the encouragement and chance to get them out there! 🙂
Traci@tracesoffaith.com on February 24, 2014 at 10:24 am

OK, I posted Day #1 and I feel like I might throw up. In conjunction with the fact that God has been asking me to face my fears, I wrote it freestyle. Back at it tomorrow.
Emily @ Em's Estuary on February 24, 2014 at 10:41 am

FUN!
It was challenging last year. I hope to do it!
Blessings,
Em
melanie jean juneau on February 24, 2014 at 11:00 am

My first post for Monday

Embracing Reality With Joy

http://melaniejeanjuneau.wordpress.com/2014/02/24/embracing-reality-with-joy/
Jess on February 24, 2014 at 11:08 am

I thought is started this weekend. Derp.
priest's wife (@byzcathwife) on February 24, 2014 at 2:26 pm

….I’m going to try….(blog has been serious lately- this might help me lighten up!)
Stefanie on February 24, 2014 at 3:20 pm

I think I’m insane to do this, but I’m feeling the pressure from the nearly 250 other bloggers that already signed up!! 🙂 I don’t want to be left out! We’ll see what I can come up with!
gls on February 24, 2014 at 5:03 pm

From October 2012 to October 2013, I posted daily. November and December I slipped a bit, but I haven’t missed a day in 2014 yet. It’s good for consistency, good for relaxing that perfectionism as you mention, and becomes a pleasant daily ritual closing out the day.
Bubs on February 24, 2014 at 5:28 pm

Thanks, Jen. My wife is a loyal reader and suggested this to me. I’ve got a lot to write about this week anyway, so this’ll definitely give me a good reason to get it out there!
Maia on February 24, 2014 at 7:03 pm

Thanks for this challenge! Last time I was grateful for all the great reading. This time I am participating. Is there a twitter hashtag for this?
Richard Cole on February 24, 2014 at 7:53 pm

Okay, let’s see how this works. It will be a good run-up to this weekend. Thanks for the venue, Jen.

Richard
Strahlen on February 24, 2014 at 10:53 pm

It’s 11:53 on the East Coast, and I got my first post in just in time! Phew!!

Six more posts in six more days. Can’t wait to do some reading too! Thanks for putting this out there!
Stacy on February 24, 2014 at 11:39 pm

Wow, this is going to be wonderful! I can’t believe that I’m going to take this challenge, but I think I’m finally ready for it! I’m super excited! Thank you for doing this!I better get typing fast it’s 11:38 central time!
melanie jean juneau on February 25, 2014 at 11:02 am

my second post
About Christian Prayer: With David Torkington
http://melaniejeanjuneau.wordpress.com/2014/02/25/about-christian-prayer-with-david-torkington/
melanie jean juneau on February 26, 2014 at 3:36 am

well I thought this was like Blogher where we are suppose to comment and post our lastest article but I looks like I am thee only one doing it..oh well
Ghosts? Why Jesus Fills Them With His Love
http://melaniejeanjuneau.wordpress.com/2014/02/25/ghosts-why-jesus-fills-them-with-his-love/
melanie jean juneau on February 27, 2014 at 2:19 am

http://melaniejeanjuneau.wordpress.com/2014/02/26/small-success-thursday-finding-god-in-infants-and-icons/
Flor on March 1, 2014 at 12:29 am

Hello Everybody! I’m here a day late since I was suscribed to the challenge. Sorry! I found very hard to begin because I found absolutely necessary refresh my blogsite’s template. Here my first post from seven. My native language is Spanish so I usually posting in my blogsite in this language. Thanks! And sorry if my english it isn’t too good.
http://planetaderosas.blogspot.mx/2014/02/y-la-puerta-se-cerro_28.html
Lauren on March 1, 2014 at 2:20 pm

Great idea, but I’m glad I didn’t sign up for this round. I have been fighting “the crud” (a cold) this week, and at this point I’m lucky I have the energy to sit and read blogs. Maybe next time!
melanie jean juneau on March 1, 2014 at 4:55 pm

well, I pressed publish instead of sve so I have Sunday’s post published on Saturday but it is # 7!!!
http://melaniejeanjuneau.wordpress.com/2014/03/01/mary-through-the-eyes-of-the-orient/
Meredith on March 2, 2014 at 6:09 pm

Thanks for this fun challenge – it was a great week of posting for me!
God Bless You!
Kathy Brents on March 2, 2014 at 8:18 pm

Thanks for having us over, Jen! Not only fun, but it also helped me out of a vicious circle I have been in of not posting very much lately! I feel like it might take me the rest of my life to see all the other blogs, but I am working my way through them – WOW!
Linebyline on March 2, 2014 at 8:20 pm

Wow. I can’t believe I actually made it.

And I really can’t believe I actually posted the link! I mean, I cheated and waited until I had all seven posts up, but still! Pressure! Attention! Scrutiny! Aaaaaah! Oh well, it was already posted publicly anyway. 😛

Thanks for the inspiration! This was tough but rewarding. In the last week, I’ve broken my blog’s records for the number of posts in a year!