# Hey Paragraph, it's me hellno the optimist

**Published by:** [hellno](https://paragraph.com/@hellno/)
**Published on:** 2023-07-05
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@hellno/first-post

## Content

Hi, this is my first post on Paragraph.xyz 👋🏼 This post will describe some basic goals and hold me accountable to actually publish things here. Please DM or publicly cast at me @hellno so I have some external pressure to keep this up :) Input goals500 new words per day (that's a achievable goal, can always increase word count after getting into a write & publish rhythm)15mins editing of previous articlesOutput goals2 posts per week + 1 post of links sharing/list type with articles, quotes I enjoyedthis is a higher frequency than I would want to, but I should get into a rhythm of publishing something → more shots on goal → more happinessmake a meme for each post as the most condensed summary to make it easy to share and potentially collect as NFT Results outside of my controlgetting constructive comments and starting interesting conversationsConstraintsno need to mention my writing process or a habit streak besides this postdon't use AI to auto-complete writingdon't give up What I'm optimistic about: creating a writing and publishing habit What I'm scared of: giving up and getting hostile comments What I look forward to: sparking conversations and connections

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