What I Learned Writing a Blog a Week
16 January 2026
After finishing 52 blogs in 52 weeks, I’ve been reflecting on why the experience mattered so much.
It wasn’t really about writing.
It was about commitment. About making space for thinking. About showing up consistently, even when motivation was low, or clarity was missing.
Those are the same patterns I see again and again in my coaching work.
Most people don’t struggle because they lack ideas. They struggle because thinking time gets squeezed out by urgency. Because reflection gets postponed. Because good intentions never quite make it into the diary.
What the writing process reinforced for me is how powerful it is to slow things down just enough to notice what’s actually going on — in your business, your leadership, and yourself.
That’s where coaching does its best work.
Not by providing answers, but by creating space. Space to think properly. Space to test assumptions. Space to connect the dots between what you say matters and what your time and energy are actually going into.
Some of the themes that ran through the blogs, adaptability, resilience, focus, learning, and people-first growth, are the same themes that show up in conversations with clients every week. Different contexts, same underlying challenges.
And just like the writing, progress doesn’t usually come from one big breakthrough. It comes from small, consistent shifts. The kind that doesn’t look dramatic day to day but quietly adds up over time.
That’s why I start with a simple conversation.
No pressure. No pitch. Just a chance to think out loud about what’s working, what isn’t, and what might need attention next.
If you’ve been meaning to create space to think, but haven’t quite managed it on your own, that first conversation can be a good place to start.
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