How do you motivate yourself to post?

hey Emre, what you're feeling right now is completely normal to a lot of creators in the beginning. You're finding it really hard because you don't get to see the results right away. And we humans tend to focus on instant satisfaction.

So the first thing I'd say to you is: what's your goal from posting your progress/data/results? Do you understand your goal?

--- Think about this first for a few minutes before you continue to read my reply ---

The flow I think about it is:

1. I want to have an audience so that I can validate ideas via blog posts, or later monetize some products I build. This is my ultimate goal.
2. I want to have 3000 engaging followers by end of 2021
3. But that's such a big goal, let's have 400 followers by end of 2020. Smaller and more achievable, also more motivating as I get closer to the goal
4. How can I post updates about my projects or myself to get people to be interested in me?

If you reverse engineer it like this, you'll find out the meaning of posting. And each post you write is intentional. You're not just writing a daily journal (which is what a lot of people think BuildInPublic means.....)

Btw, I just decided to dedicate some of my time to help others about BuildInPublic. What are your top questions right now? Would love to help. You can also DM me https://twitter.com/kevon69

I chug 6 beers 🍻 and then I post 😂

J/K, that would probably end up pretty bad.

I find that as I'm building and I feel really proud of something that I've worked on, it's probably time to post a quick update. It's also good not to obsess about how many likes or comments you receive. Obviously more is better; however, don't get discouraged if you don't receive much feedback.

You should ultimately be posting for yourself (as well as to let others know what you're working on). If you treat it more like you're journaling your lessons, you will set yourself up for success.

Just my 2 cents 😉 Best of luck!

What kinds of posts are time-consuming and painful?

Honestly if it is painful for you, maybe building in public is not for you.

Do you use Twitter? When you finish working, just open it and write out 2 sentences of what you did.

I wake up every morning and allocate 10 minutes with a cup of green tea to posting =D. It helps to have other rewards to trick the brain into thinking you enjoy it!