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	<title>Riverhed.com &#187; commitment</title>
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		<title>Forced Motivation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 05:46:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After getting a few posts up, I had decided to hold off on working on this blog for a bit until I was really ready to commit to updating every single day, at least once. I&#8217;ve never been commitment-shy (well, fuck, I&#8217;m married at 24, how could I be?), but I&#8217;ve always had a weird [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After getting a few posts up, I had decided to hold off on working on this blog for a bit until I was really ready to commit to updating every single day, at least once. I&#8217;ve never been commitment-shy (well, fuck, I&#8217;m married at 24, how could I be?), but I&#8217;ve always had a weird relationship with my writing. I&#8217;ll go through periods where I write a lot and then don&#8217;t write again for months, or years even. I mean, I&#8217;ll write papers for class, and make little notes here and there, but nothing serious. This blog is a way for me to try to get over that and live up to the fact that I call myself a writer.</p>
<p>So, since lack of motivation has always been the barrier that keeps me from accomplishing what I should easily be able to, I&#8217;ve decided to force myself into it. From now on, if I haven&#8217;t made a post by 2 am following any given day, I&#8217;ll pay whoever emails me at drew@riverhed.com pointing that out five dollars. Granted, that&#8217;s not a lot right now, but it&#8217;s incentive to get more people to come here and more importantly more incentive for me to make sure I post.</p>
<p>I had actually told Ivona this yesterday, and insisted that yesterday was going to be the day I kick things off. Which means I owe her five dollars (and believe me, she didn&#8217;t waste any time sending off emails and text messages informing me of this).</p>
<p>As far as the specifics go, I did 2 am instead of midnight because sometimes I work late. And it&#8217;s for 24-hour period of time, not necessarily calendar day. So if I post at 10 pm on the 12th, and not again until 1 am on the 14th, it doesn&#8217;t count (since it resets at 2 am, so it&#8217;s still in the 13th&#8217;s timeframe). Just wanted to get that out of the way so people don&#8217;t try to fuck me over on this. Oh, and you need PayPal to receive the money.</p>
<p>Anyway, it&#8217;s late now or I&#8217;d post more about what&#8217;s going on around here lately. Check back tomorrow for news.</p>
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