10 years of blogging here
Celebrate who you are in your deepest heart
A decade of showing up on this blog with content and hope that what I am creating can offer you my reader some new ideas, insights or a new perspective. It took some time to create this post cause - for life reasons, work reasons and learning reasons.
As you are reading this my celebratory 30 Day Journaling Challenge started and you can join here - in January when the realization on the decade started formed, I knew that my birthday idea of facilitating a journaling journey for people will get connected to this …somehow. Now is here!
10 years of learning from myself how I show up to this dream of mine that connects, 89 496 hours, 3 729 days of my life, more than 1 000 000 words and so many ideas that are not here yet. I am celebrating this bringing more words into the world in a way of connecting people with my purpose - to facilitate self discovery for people as a way of creating a world of happiness.
I know that I have been missing from here with content but my health and education took precedence - while training to become a supervisor for coaches across the world, and working on new journeys with Business Coaching Diploma participants - I also had to focus on my mental and physical health. So in order to do that I had to drop off from here. Now I will also do the challenge together with my participants and so happy to experiment this through their eyes.
Now if you feel that you want to know about the benefits of journaling or if you always wanted to try but felt weird to do just the writing part - join in - you will get questions and prompts, doodles tutorials and my experience on a daily basis.
Here are SOME I took from these years of blogging:
Blogging for 10 years on personal development is a deep journey—both as a writer and as a human. Here are meaningful lessons you might gather over that decade:
1. Clarity Comes Through Consistency - You don’t need to have it all figured out to start. Writing regularly refined my thinking, revealed my patterns, and helped me discover my voice.
2. Personal Development Is Cyclical, Not Linear - I have revised the same themes — discipline, purpose, self-doubt, motivation — again and again. But each time with new depth or from a new angle. Growth spirals, it doesn't climb.
3. Authenticity Wins Long-Term - Posts that are raw, vulnerable, or honest often resonate more deeply than polished advice. People connect with me, not just my insights.
4. I Can’t Write About Growth Without Living It - Staying relevant means evolving myself. The blog become a mirror: if I’m stuck, my content will feel stale. Self-work fuels fresh perspective.
5. Metrics Matter Less Than Meaning - Chasing views, likes, or virality might distort my voice. The most enduring motivation is writing what I wish someone told me —regardless of reach.
6. My Audience Grows With Me - In my authentic and steady way, my readers have growth alongside. Some outgrowed me; others find me just when they need me. And that’s okay.
7. Writing Is the Best Self-Development Tool - Blogging forces me to articulate what I’m learning. It crystallizes insights and makes them stick. It's reflection, therapy, and practice rolled into one.
After 10 years here, I know that personal development is infinite. The work is never done. But I am also seeing how far I’ve come — and how writing helped me become who I am.
Photo: Ian Schneider @goian
