I love 30-day challenges, even when they go awry.

This weekend marks the end of another round of the 30-day writing challenge, Ship 30 for 30.

This January, I was so excited to go all-in: publish 30 essays, engage with the community, and explore the topic of emerging leadership. I did all of those things, to be fair, but less consistently than I intended, and my publishing was patchy. Certainly not daily.

This is my third time participating in this challenge, and so it would be so easy to beat myself up. But that’s an old habit that I’ve given up. Instead, I decided to…