If you had told me 6 years ago, I wouldn’t have believed you.

Today marks the 6th year of posts here at BoxThoughts.

• 1,147 posts as of the time I’m drafting this.
• 191 per year.
• 3.67 per week.
• Many that I go back and reference myself.

While, on the surface, this is a blog about the real estate, I’ve never made it a secret that it’s really for me. It’s where I practice my writing, put thoughts into the world before they are fully ready, aim to improve myself and ponder thoughts about what’s going on.

Along the way, I’ve met a few that have actually felt the need to express their enjoyment at reading what I put out there. I can’t express my surprise that I’ve impacted even a few people.

Four years in a row now I’ve been at number 5 on Duke Long’s annual list of Top 50 Commercial Real Estate Blogs You Must Read (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017). I don’t get much love in other places but I don’t take that as a sign of anything but being outside the mainstream of CRE thinking. It’s part of why I love Duke’s blog so much, even when I disagree completely with some of his opinions. (BTW, if you love CRE, you should be reading Duke every Wednesday and Sunday.)

Six years ago, I was still new to the ways of the world. I’d never start this blog today because I know how much I don’t actually know. Displaying my ignorance would be terrifying. But because I’ve already started, there’s no reason to stop now.