Sadly, I didn't count all the articles that I posted since I came to Germany to work, but considering that two and a half months have passed since my arrival, I probably posted around 70 articles. I did all this while having a full time job that requires a lot of my time, leaving me with 4 hours of free time a day.
The reason for my goal and for my stubbornness when it comes to it can be considered funny, or silly, but it helped me get here. It's a goal that I put in a question: what can happen if I try very hard at something?
I've been thinking about this question for a while now, trying to imagine different scenarios and to speculate what the result would be, but I could never come to a satisfying answer. So, I decided to pick something that I can do with my limited free time and do it as much as I could, just to see what happens.
Up until now, my regular posting got me two things: first, it helped me improve as a writer, getting to a level at which writing and posting articles even on a daily basis isn't that difficult at all and second, it provided me with a decent amount of side income that I invested into other assets that will, hopefully, grow in the future.
This might not seem like a lot, but it is for me, since I didn't really expect to get anything out of this experience. It was difficult, but it provided me with enough rewards to keep going. But now what? Well, now I get to ask myself - what can happen if I continue to work just as hard? Or even better - what can happen if I work even harder?
The answer is simple - I don't know. It's difficult to imagine that anything bad would come out of all this effort, so the only possible answers are "nothing" or "something better than what I currently have".
It is a very simple mentality and a very simple way to set up a goal, but it works. And I can apply this to pretty much everything I do.
What can happen if I spend the next 6 months working as hard as I can on 3D models? Will I get to a point where I can create amazing 3D scenes and get the attention of some people? Will I learn to create a different type of art, except environments? Will I get a chance to work in a place that allows me to do 3D modelling?
What can happen if I spend the next 6 months coding and learning how to code as much as I could? Will I manage to learn how to create cool websites? Will I learn how to create useful pieces of software? Maybe I'll learn how to create mobile apps? Maybe I'll even make a bit of money with the skill?
What can happen if I spend the next 6 months writing as much as I could and posting my work on different websites? Will I increase the amount of money I make out of this activity? Will I eventually create my own website and make some passive income with it? Will I manage to get into the partner program on Medium and get something out of that platform as well?
The answer to all these questions is "maybe". Maybe one or more of those things will happen, and all I have to do is to work very hard and try my luck. Maybe nothing will change. But if I don't try, or if I barely make any effort, that "maybe nothing" will become a certainty. So, curious to see what can happen, I decided to try very hard to write, and I will apply this strategy to other activities as well one I get home.
So, what could happen, to you, and your life, if you tried very hard to do something useful and productive?