Casey Palmer 2020: Growing Up For Once.

Last updated on November 8th, 2020 at 12:18 am

January 29, 2020β€”we’re almost a month into the new year; I wouldn’t be surprised if people thought that I quit?

But no, as usual, it’s quite the oppositeβ€”I’m working hard to reach the point where I don’t have to work this hard at all.

…let me explain.

Where We Left Off.

We ended 2019 with a post looking back at my last ten years, all the things I learned, and some of the hopes and dreams I had for the decade ahead.

But hoping and dreaming for things isn’t nearly enough to make them happen, so I hunkered down to start laying the groundwork for the future I saw ahead.

Casey Palmer 2020 - Growing Up For Once. β€” The Life of Casey the Dad

Hammering away blindly looking to stumble upon a result isn’t good enough, thoughβ€”you can only work so hard. There are only so many hours in the day. You run out of steam, life distracts you, and if you’re not creating with an ongoing distribution strategy in mind, it means you’re shooting content off into the internet, never to see it again.

And when you’ve spent the better part of a decade putting well over a thousand posts out into the digital ether, let me tell youβ€”that’s a lot of wasted potential.

But sometimes even the oldest dogs can learn new tricks, and that’s what squirrelled away this last little bit.

That said, though we have a myriad of tools in 2020 to do fantastic work, do we have what it takes to use them?

The Life and Times of Casey Palmer β€” The State of the #BloggerLife, January 2019 β€” Janu-WEARY.

We’re a week into 2019, and I’m here drawing up battle plans for the year of content ahead.

The Life and Times of Casey Palmerβ€”A Bustling Era Ahead

With any luck, you’ve had yourselves a very happy new year so far, full of new opportunities and experiences as you reach for everything 2019 has to offer. In my case, I just got The 2019 200 up and running (so I can stop agonising over every aspect of the 3700-word treatise to resolutions every nightβ€”you should really check it out), so, withΒ that out of the way, it’s finally time to work on some time-sensitive things that couldΒ probably use my attention.

Hasta la Vista, 2018.

The Life and Times of Casey Palmer β€” The State of the #BloggerLife, January 2019 β€” Janu-WEARY. β€” Me and the Youngest in 2017The first is to say goodbye to 2018.Β Officially.

The problem with my world is that there’s rarely enough time to keep the pastΒ in the past.

In my quest to do everythingβ€”saying “yes” to plenty of things IΒ probably shouldn’tβ€”I somehow forget that one can’t juggle parenting, work and aΒ world of content without sacrificingΒ something in the process.

But I keep tryingΒ anywayΒ despite reality, leaving me with some 2018 content left to deal with and a 2019 that’s not sitting around toΒ wait.

So What’re You Gonna Do About It?

Last updated on February 21st, 2021 at 10:55 pm

AfterΒ yesterday’s rant, someone asked what I’ll do about my problems. IΒ was able to identify them clearly enough, but if I don’t figure out howΒ to tackle all the crap, guess what? It’s not going anywhere.

But I’ve already started making progress. The first steps weren’t too bad: