I received a heads-up that my post from Lifehack (written in 2013, I think) was referenced again in an article.

I find it neat how something I wrote seven years ago is still being discovered and referenced. It’s a testament to the wisdom of putting your work out there and leaving it there.

It’s also a fascinating trip in time to see where my head and my writing was at the time. There are edits I’d love to make, but that’s what growth is all about.

You need to see where you’ve been.

Leaving it out there and letting it be is something I’ve been improving upon. Its only requirement is to let go of your insecurities and keep going.

This is the fourth iteration of my blogging. The other three have been removed from history, which is a regret because there were probably gems in there. After all, the I don’t get to decide what people will like, what works and what doesn’t.

The article in reference outperformed (and still outperform) all my other posts on Lifehack by a significant margin.

However, I get to watch the long tail of this blog grow.

For the first few years, I would’ve been lucky to have fifty visitors a month. Now I get to see the many articles people gravitate towards on a daily basis. It’s a joy to be able to share a part of myself and watch my own growth as it happens.

I’ve been here for almost a thousand posts and I’m looking to grow a thousand more.

It’s a long tail indeed.