A few weeks ago, I started posting, usually on Sundays, about the content I’d consumed during the last week and what I’d learned from it. I use YouTube as a podcast player, so most of what I share is links to things I’ve listened to on YouTube, although I plan to start adding content from other media once I get the habit down.

What I like most about this habit is that it forces me to do something I wasn’t doing consistently. I always save or bookmark what I consumed and want to revisit later because it contained a valuable nugget of information or insight. But I don’t revisit that saved content, at least not consistently, so a lot of those insights and nuggets go lost.

Writing this weekly post forces me to review that content and synthesize it, which cements what I learned. So, not only am I sharing info, I’m being forced to develop a habit, in public, around something I’ve never been consistent at. That wasn’t why I started writing these weekly emails, but it’s been a nice, unexpected benefit that I’m enjoying.