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  1. title: Ned Batchelder: 2500
  2. url: https://nedbatchelder.com//blog/202006/2500.html
  3. hash_url: b7f574586eccd0b9c844876c18ac0ca5
  4. <p>This is the 2500th post on this blog. That&#8217;s a lot of writing. I estimate
  5. this site has about 480,000 words in total, enough for five books.</p><p>I&#8217;ve been writing here for more than 18 years. The pace is different than
  6. when I started: last year I wrote <a href="//nedbatchelder.com/blog/archive/year2019.html">33
  7. posts</a>. Compare that to 2003, when I wrote more than ten times as many:
  8. <a href="//nedbatchelder.com/blog/archive/year2003.html">441 posts</a>!
  9. <a href="https://twitter.com/nedbat" rel="external noopener">Twitter</a> has siphoned off some of the
  10. short-post energy, but also interests shift over time.</p><p>Writing is a good way to understand things, and to learn things. People
  11. mostly think of writing as a way to teach and explain, and I am glad when my
  12. posts can do that. But I also really value the feedback loop of learning as I
  13. explain, and the deeper understanding I find when I teach.</p><p>Here&#8217;s a common piece of advice from people who create things: to make better
  14. things, make more things. Not only does it give you constant practice at making
  15. things, but it gives you more chances at lucking into making a good thing.</p><p>These days I set myself a goal of writing two posts a month. I find the goal
  16. helpful. It prods me to dig for topics. Some will be duds, but sometimes an
  17. apparently boring idea will turn out well.</p><p>I can&#8217;t promise everything (or anything!) will be interesting or insightful.
  18. But I&#8217;ll keep writing here. Thanks for reading.</p>