Insights
#373 One day, you’ll be happy you have your habits
You write today. You run today. You do yoga today. You reach out to friends today. Because one day, when the going gets tough, you’ll be happy you have a writing habit to express ideas and feelings. You’ll be happy you’re in shape enough to run. You’ll be happy to know your body well enough
#372 The one thing you’re avoiding
The writer who never publishes. The runner who avoids competition. The entrepreneur who never launches a product. What’s the one thing you’re avoiding very hard, but if you’d do it anyway, your life would get much easier?
#371 The little that’s needed to be a writer
You’ve got a pen. You’ve got paper. A phone. And a computer. Go write. Because despite what your mind may try to tell you, the little that’s needed to be a writer is never truly out of reach.
#370 Skipping the writing is not an option
Once you’ve been writing daily for long enough, continuing to write is the easier option, more aligned with your habits and identity. Just like for most people, it feels more natural to continue brushing their teeth every day than to skip a day. But when you’re still building the writing habit, skipping the writing is
#369 How to make something easier to do
Thinking about writing makes the writing harder. Dreaming about writing makes the writing harder. Planning my writing sessions makes the writing harder. But writing… that makes the writing easier. Because most things become easier when you actually do them instead of just think about them.
#368 Why achievements become distant memories
It’s not about the book; it’s about the fact that you started writing consistently. It’s not about the marathon; it’s about the fact that you started practicing diligently. Achievements are the results that will soon become a distant memory. Habits are the results you’ll carry with you for a lifetime.
#367 You don’t need a motivational speech
You don’t need a motivational speech. But you may need a reminder of who you choose to be, and what the person you choose to be would do right now. And once you remember, you’ll have all the motivation you need.
#366 Consistency can’t be ignored
You can write consistently without ever becoming skilled at writing. But it’s hard to become skilled at writing without ever writing consistently. Skill shouldn’t be ignored. But consistency can’t be ignored.
#365 Passion vs Discipline
Passion is writing whenever you can. Discipline is writing even when you can’t.
#364 The only way to innovate
Experience can make you better at performing an activity but also blind you from what you could do differently (and better). Sometimes, the only way to innovate, see, and be free, is to take your experience goggles off.
#363 Everything is impossible, until…
Everything is impossible until suddenly it’s possible. And then you’ll find the next thing that’s impossible. The cycle of piercing through the veil is impossibility is eternal. Frustrating when you forget. Comforting when you remember.
#362 Your perspective is defective
Change happens when you let go of defective perspectives about who you were, are, and could be. What you used to do, are doing, and could do. What’s possible for you, and what’s not. Whatever your current perspective, it’s defective. Or at least incomplete. Life is beautifully unpredictable. You are beautifully unpredictable. I don’t know