#105 This is how you make the future yours

Whenever you set out to establish a new habit, there’s often a nagging thought at the back of your mind wondering, “When will you quit this time?”

But the naysayer in your head that has had free reign for all these years can’t be silenced.

They can only be proven wrong.

“You expect me to quit? Watch me.”

“Say whatever you want; I am showing up today.”

Tiny Trust Builders, day after day, until the naysayer admits, “I was wrong. You’re not that person anymore.”

656 days ago, I started writing 3 pages of stream-of-consciousness journaling a day.

That’s an inner dialogue of 1968 pages poured into piles of journals now safely stuffed away.

30 days ago, some of those thoughts started making their way to my blog.

I promised myself that if I made it to 30 daily posts in a row, I would start sharing them.

Today is the day, so here goes.

I’m sharing daily observations about language, language learning, memory, creativity, habits, discipline, the art of learning, tools for thought.

Lessons I’ve learned.
Insights I’ve earned.

Words I’ve heard.
Memories spurred.

Books I’ve read.
Poems flowing out of my heart and head.

No rules, no fixed topic, no niche, no marketing strategy.
Nothing but whatever’s on my mind.

I’ve learned a lot so far, but the most important insight: there’s power in publishing imperfect work.

Because if I allow myself to create something imperfect every day, I’m certain that someday the sum of all these imperfect creations will be something I’m proud of.

It’s liberating.

Maybe there’s liberating power in reading someone else’s imperfect work too.

I can’t wait to find out together with you.

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You don’t need to know how to do something to learn to do something.

That would be the world on its head.

After all, once upon a time, you didn’t know how to walk, speak, read, ride a bike – until you tried over and over again.

That was all you needed back then. And that’s all you need right now.