Hall of Phoenixes: Christopher Bibbs
1) How did you learn about 750words.com?
A post on Lifehacker.com.
2) What are your interests outside of insanely long streaks of private journaling? Who are you and how do you define yourself?
I’m a husband, father, motorcyclist, gamer, and software developer in that order. I spend a lot of time trying to sort out what my relationships are all about and how to do this parenting thing. Motorcycles maintain my soul and I don’t mean that in any sort of flip or sarcastic way. I play games. Video games, board games, card games, you name it. As a life long insomniac I’ve also made math equation games to keep myself occupied in that 2am-3am time block. I’m a developer not by plan, but because I’m good at it. Some parts of life just come together.
3) What do you write about in your super secret private journal?
Most of my entries are reflections on the previous day. Most of them are pretty mundane, but occasionally I discover something interesting about myself or my relationships that has been rumbling around in my head undefined.
4) What kept you coming back to the site, 100 days in a row?
I play a lot of games and keeping my “score” up on 750words became another thing to shoot for once a day. Plus, I like seeing just how fast I can type while composing ideas. Yeah, I’m pretty geeky.
5) Do you find it difficult to stay motivated after 100 days?
Motivation is never a problem, although access is. I was on motorcycle ride through the Rocky Mountains and the only computer I could work on in the mornings was a broken laptop with no battery, a sticking ‘a’ key, and had only an occasional wi-fi connection. Kept it alive, though some how I flaked a week back and stopped my entry 10 words shy of 750.
6) If you could change anything about the site, what would it be?
I’ve been tempted to rewrite the entire site as an Android app a few times just so I could handle days when I don’t have an easy net connection. Or maybe some way of taking vacation without blowing the streak.
7) Anything else you’d like to add as one of the first people to reach 100 days in a row?
Actually, my laptop burned out this morning and I’ve just gotten home so I need to go get my writing done.
