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Scout Walker's avatar

it’s really inspiring to see people who have stuck with posting regularly and quality content succeed.

Congrats on one year and hopefully many more to come!

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Fran Soto's avatar

Thanks, Scout!

I attribute this outcome that I consider a success to consistency like you said. I had ups and downs in motivation, but it's the consistency what achieved the results in the end.

No single spike of motivation achieved all of this

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Jordan Cutler's avatar

+9999 to this. My writing developed so much since starting my newsletter. Plus, I've solidified sooo many things I had somewhat of a grasp on into concrete learnings for myself, others, and created a knowledge bank for reference.

You're a testament to all of it, Fran! Great job with all your articles and growth. Keep crushing it man

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Fran Soto's avatar

It's completely different to read about a topic than to write about that topic. You force yourself to bridge your gaps in understanding.

Thanks for your words Jordan! It's been an amazing year. I'm so glad that one year ago, I decided to jump into this and start this journey

More to come!

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Akos Komuves's avatar

You did an amazing job with your writing Fran and your journey has been incredible! Congrats on starting a paid subscription! 👏

Writing has also changed a lot of things for me, and I've been enjoying the process even after 10 years from now!

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Fran Soto's avatar

Thanks a lot, Akos!

It was definitely a change to move from writing for myself in a journal or notes about my reading to writing for others.

I hope to keep enjoying this process 10 years later! And if I don't enjoy the exact same thing, I'll find a way to make it enjoyable :)

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Jack's avatar

Agreed writing is good for learning, it makes it clear what you don't understand when you can't explain it yourself, the thing you go back to look up, is the part you don't understand and can improve upon

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Fran Soto's avatar

Yep. That exact process is also known as the Feynman technique.

You learn the most when you teach it, not when you read for yourself

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Jack's avatar

Yes, very familiar with the Feynman technique, have you read “Surely you're joking mr Feynman?”. It's great , if you haven’t

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Fran Soto's avatar

I think I started reading that book many years ago, but dropped it.

I'm not a guy for biographies 🙃

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Jack's avatar

Ah fair enough

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