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Okay, this is a little goofy but here it goes: I have a hard time getting myself to focus, & with so much coming up over the next month, I’m trying to build more writing discipline and structure for remote working.
SO: for the next 30 days (until October 2nd, right before my birthday), I’m going to try to create one explainer (a quick overview of a topic, idea, or principle). every day, OR 30 explainers total.
Here are the rules:
1. There’s no length, topic, or medium requirement, just a time cap of 4 hours. I will cover Chicago politics, technology policy, fitness/technology history, emergency management, housing, and narrative structure bc I have notes on these saved in a giant Google Doc called “COOL STUFF”.
2. I have to use at least 5 new mediums over the next month (audio, video of self recorded, animation video style, TikTok??? Jk I won’t use TikTok).
3. Any ideas for a explainer have a waiting period of 24 hours before implementation (ie, if I come up with a new topic I want to do, I can’t then immediately start working on it and blow off my other commitments/projects… my current state of being).
4. If you want to do this too, let me know! I’m going to use the hashtag #30daysexplainer so I can keep track as I go.
Here’s the first one:
