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3 Ways to Kick Start Your Daily Writing Habit
Overcoming the excuses that kill your creativity
Experts say if you want to be a real writer, you’ve got to write every day.
They make you feel guilty when you don’t. You must not care. You’re not serious. If you were, you’d rise before the sun and write for two hours before work.
It’s hard to meet such a high standard. So rather than drag your weary body out of bed, you roll over and hit the snooze button. Tomorrow, you say. I’ll start then. Look out, world!
You don’t have to wait. I’m about to give you three ways to kick start your writing habit today. So grab your pen or your laptop. Put writing time on your calendar. The words that live inside you are about to come out and meet the world.
We’ll approach this with three common excuses. With each excuse, I’ll give you a way out.
You’ve got this.
Ready to change your life?
I don’t have enough time.
I’ve heard this so many times. If I had a dollar for every time, I’d have retired years ago.
And every time I’ve said it, I’ve lost money.
Most of the time we set our goals too high. I’ll spend an hour before work…
