#81 Am I willing?

5 dead-simple steps to start writing – even if you’ve tried everything:

1. Set aside dedicated time tomorrow morning. From now on, this is your dedicated time every day.
2. Start with a Tiny Trust Builder; something that makes it easy for you to show up consistently. Write for one minute. Write one sentence. Write one word. If it feels hard to do every day, think smaller.
3. First build the habit, then build skill. Right now, you’re building a daily writing habit, not a “daily masterpiece” habit. That comes later.
4. If step 3 feels hard: write something bad on purpose.
5. If step 4 feels hard and you don’t feel motivated to write: write anyway. You don’t need motivation to write. You’re a writer. So you write.

Good luck!

If you wouldn’t see overwhelming results in your first 30 days of writing, working out, dieting, or learning an instrument, would you still show up?

Are you okay with small, almost invisible gains because the process of learning, creating, practicing is fulfilling enough in itself?

And if not, could you be okay with that, if you knew it was the key to learning or creating anything you ever wanted?

To become consistent, you have to go beyond wanting. You have to need it.

It’s not about figuring out where you’d like to end up – it’s about deciding where you must go.

It’s about creating a driving force within yourself.

A commitment so strong that you can’t ignore it anymore.