Starting a Blog
Im getting tired of all the writing and typing I would do on word documents and screen-shotting them and posting on twitter. I had an idea the other day that I should start a blog instead. Early in my career I would type out everything I thought alongside reviews. It was a lot, daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly. It benefited me greatly to do those things to keep myself honest about mistakes and positives. I had tons of ideas and thoughts that needed to get out on something. That same style doesnt benefit me as much anymore. In fact it feels better to do the opposite. To try and find reasons not to write.
I think in the beginning I was hounding myself about my mistakes so majority of my write ups were negative. I was ok with determining my mistakes, writing it out, digging into it, posting it for interactions. Now I simply dont care to as much. Im not perfect, Im still making mistakes here and there. It is less though. Its not daily, its maybe every other day. Im getting a lot better at following my trading plans in every single trade. I am finding that the less work on trading I do outside of trading hours, the 'free er' I feel. And in that, it makes me a better trader. When I stop obsessing about being on top of every step I take, I seem to perform better.
Of course if I have a rough day or week I will want to write about it still and get to the bottom of it. But since those days are less and less I would rather spend my time doing something else.
Its interesting because I would tell a new trader that he should do write ups daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, yearly and really focus on finding the problems and solutions. But I find myself not wanting that anymore. Im keeping to myself. When you have enough quantity you can find the commonalities and reduce or expand them as much as you can to make them quality results/solutions. I have done the work that needs to be done to bring me to where I am now. And if where I am now means I can make money everyday then what I have done has been what I needed to bring me to where I am now, but is it still a necessity to continue to push me forward? Or is it something I need to stop doing as it now takes away from the effect that got me here? Can you do too much?
I plan on doing monthly reviews here and maybe a post about something thats on my mind here or there. If I have a bad day or week and want to write about it I will do that too. Kind of turning this from school work into free writing and we will see where it goes. Until then thanks for reading and ill be around still.
I think in the beginning I was hounding myself about my mistakes so majority of my write ups were negative. I was ok with determining my mistakes, writing it out, digging into it, posting it for interactions. Now I simply dont care to as much. Im not perfect, Im still making mistakes here and there. It is less though. Its not daily, its maybe every other day. Im getting a lot better at following my trading plans in every single trade. I am finding that the less work on trading I do outside of trading hours, the 'free er' I feel. And in that, it makes me a better trader. When I stop obsessing about being on top of every step I take, I seem to perform better.
Of course if I have a rough day or week I will want to write about it still and get to the bottom of it. But since those days are less and less I would rather spend my time doing something else.
Its interesting because I would tell a new trader that he should do write ups daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, yearly and really focus on finding the problems and solutions. But I find myself not wanting that anymore. Im keeping to myself. When you have enough quantity you can find the commonalities and reduce or expand them as much as you can to make them quality results/solutions. I have done the work that needs to be done to bring me to where I am now. And if where I am now means I can make money everyday then what I have done has been what I needed to bring me to where I am now, but is it still a necessity to continue to push me forward? Or is it something I need to stop doing as it now takes away from the effect that got me here? Can you do too much?
I plan on doing monthly reviews here and maybe a post about something thats on my mind here or there. If I have a bad day or week and want to write about it I will do that too. Kind of turning this from school work into free writing and we will see where it goes. Until then thanks for reading and ill be around still.
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