# I wrote 200 articles during lockdown, what did you do? 🤔

Nice, my clickbait title got your attention!

I've been in South Africa for those who know me, and we have been in lockdown since March! (Still ongoing).

Today was the day I was supposed to fly back, but a lockdown in The Netherlands happened... So still in South Africa! 

As a celebration, I wanted to share my wins during this lockdown and inspire you. 
No matter what the situation is, you can make the best of it!

![Lockdown life](https://media.giphy.com/media/JUZBszzNsfU3ZRYGza/giphy.gif)

## Personal wins

- 💍 I got engaged to Nicole!
- ✍️ I finally started my long-delayed tech blog.
- 👨‍💻 I managed to get a new job, Which I started on the 1st of October.
- 🐕 We got [Yaatree](https://www.instagram.com/yaatreeoftheworld/) and got her to Dog Manners 1 already.
- 💸 I managed to create an investment portfolio.
- 🤩 Made many new online and offline friends.
- 🧗‍♂️ We went on many [exciting hikes](https://www.instagram.com/chrisbongers/)!
- 🏃‍♂️ Ran 145,3KM, [Follow me on Strava](https://www.strava.com/athletes/28967359).
- 🇿🇦 Launched a [Discord](https://discord.gg/ycShV7m) for South African Developers

## Blog wins

- 🥳 This is my 200th article!
- 🔑 I wrote every single day.
- 💌 234 people subscribed to my [mailing list](http://eepurl.com/gXF0LP)!
- 🕵️‍♂️ 17,293 Users, with 32,718 Pageviews!
- 🐦 1829 Followers on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/DailyDevTips1)
- 📸 627 Followers on [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/dailydevtipsblog/)

### How did you do it?

I get asked regularly how I get to such consistency, how I come up with articles, etc.

Keep an eye out for tomorrow's article, [subscribe to my newsletter](http://eepurl.com/gXF0LP) to not miss it!

Check out this article on [the secret to my writing process](https://daily-dev-tips.com/posts/%F0%9F%A4%AB-the-secret-to-my-writing-process/).

## Top 10 Articles as of today

1. [Vanilla JavaScript Modal Pop-up](https://daily-dev-tips.com/posts/vanilla-javascript-modal-pop-up/)
2. [Goodbye comments, welcome Webmentions 🙋🏼‍♂️](https://daily-dev-tips.com/posts/goodbye-comments-welcome-webmentions-%F0%9F%99%8B%F0%9F%8F%BC%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F/)
3. [Top 10 Chrome extensions for developers 👀](https://daily-dev-tips.com/posts/top-10-chrome-extensions-for-developers-%F0%9F%91%80/)
4. [I made my website 28ms faster with content-visibility 🤓](https://daily-dev-tips.com/posts/i-made-my-website-28ms-faster-with-content-visibility-%F0%9F%A4%93/)
5. [Vanilla JavaScript event listener on Multiple elements](https://daily-dev-tips.com/posts/vanilla-javascript-event-listener-on-multiple-elements/)
6. [Vanilla JavaScript Drag n Drop](https://daily-dev-tips.com/posts/vanilla-javascript-drag-n-drop/)
7. [🛑 Stop using pixels in CSS](https://daily-dev-tips.com/posts/%F0%9F%9B%91-stop-using-pixels-in-css/)
8. [CSS Flip Cards](https://daily-dev-tips.com/posts/css-flip-cards/)
9. [5 full-stack projects to add to your portfolio before 2020 ends 🤯](https://daily-dev-tips.com/posts/5-full-stack-projects-to-add-to-your-portfolio-before-2020-ends-%F0%9F%A4%AF/)
10. [Meet Monica Lent, a self-employed software engineer](https://daily-dev-tips.com/posts/meet-monica-lent-a-self-employed-software-engineer/)

## Thank you 

From the bottom of my heart, thank you all for reading my articles, subscribing to my newsletter, sharing my content.

I will keep posting content and hope to inspire you.

![Thank you!](https://media.giphy.com/media/KKmAzSifAvT3259ws3/giphy.gif)

And please stay safe, people!