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Start small.

Very small.

So small, it might feel silly at first.

For example, if you’ve committed to writing every day, don’t start by aiming to write a thousand words. Start with something you can absolutely, positively achieve.

Maybe that’s writing one sentence. Maybe it’s opening your notebook. Maybe it’s just holding a pen!

Your goal isn’t to produce fantastic prose, but simply to show up and write something.

After all, before it can be about the content, it must be about the consistency.

Make your habits easy to stick to by making them tiny.

Make your habits tiny to make it easy to build self-trust.

Make your habits part of your identity, so that you’re not scared to answer the following question anymore:

Did you do it or not?

What would you finally dare to do today
if you knew whatever you try will never be perfect anyway?

Publish a story with typos and awkward sentences?
Run a marathon without finishing it?
Play a guitar piece and trip up five times?
Sing in front of other people and miss a note?
Try a new yoga pose in class and fall over?

Nothing will be perfect today.
Nothing will be perfect tomorrow.

But if you take imperfect action
and dare to publish imperfect work
everything you do will have the perfect taste of progress and consistency.

And that’s all that counts anyway.