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2018 Year in Review

Lindsey Kopacz on December 31, 2018

It's that time of year where I utter the same predictable phrase: "This year feels like it's been so long and yet so short!" As some may have n...
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Paul Isaris

Wow, if am surprised with how much I relate to this post. I feel exactly the same towards my side-hustle and towards my work and career.
As a Developer who wants to launch his blog in 2019 but feels he lacks the courage to write consistently, thank you for this post!

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Lindsey Kopacz

You're welcome! Happy New Year!

If you ever have questions about it, feel free to Tweet at me or ask me here :).

One piece of encouragement that I'll share is this: the most discouraging thing from starting writing for me was that I thought I would run out of things to talk about. But here I am, still writing, and I have a running list of 20 or more things that I want to write about still! Once you start writing, you almost become overwhelmed with what to write next because there are so many options, especially if you have a theme!

Good luck and keep me in the loop!

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Paul Isaris

Thanks, Lindsey!
That is indeed one of my fears; I have a list of about 10 ideas but I am procrastinating over the fact that I will run out of ideas, not have the courage/time to write or that I will not have the ability to create posts of good quality.
But people like you give me the strength to at least try it ;)

Happy New Year to you, too!

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Lindsey Kopacz

One thing I do, is when I have a random idea, I write it down on my phone RIGHT AWAY. That helps a ton. When you start writing, you'll get ideas out of the blue. But because of my own brain capacity, I forget if I don't write it down there. That's where my long list came from. Also, you can ask people here what they would be interested in hearing about.

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Paul Isaris

That's how I do it, too. Whenever I have an idea that could be the subject for a post, I write it on my phone. Then I filter out the ideas that don't seem relevant or lack of value and keep the best ones.
The problem arises when I have to actually sit down and begin designing/ sculpturing my post, this is what I have to further develop :)

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Lindsey Kopacz

I'm good friends with @aspittel and she has a great post about how she does her workflow. I use her principles a lot, and have used it to find my own rhythm! Highly recommend reading it if you haven't already :)

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Paul Isaris

Have read most of her posts, thanks for the reference!

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Lindsey Kopacz

Awesome! That one's worth a bookmark. I reference it frequently.

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Andrew Bone

Sounds like a positive year!
I look forward to seeing more of your a11y posts in the new year 🙂

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Lindsey Kopacz

Yay!!! I have a decent amount planned. Some soft stuff, some coding walk throughs!

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K

lol, I did my first 80kg DL last and think I pulled ligament D:

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Lindsey Kopacz

Oh no! Rest up! I've been fortunate to not injure myself!

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Gabriel Mayta

I understood you, I'm married and I have a daughter. It's not easy to find time to learn new things. Great post!
Happy new year and keep calm and code!