#282 You can write every day

ByLukas
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If you truly believe you can write every day – not that it is generally possible to write every day, but that YOU can write every day – you would be doing it already.

So if you’re not, ask yourself:

Do you believe YOU can write every day?

If not, why not?

Is it physically impossible for you to write something every day? A page, a paragraph, a sentence… a word?

Deep down, you know the answer to that question.

And now we’ve established you can write every day; what other excuses come up?

That the work won’t be good?

That the words won’t capture what you want to say?

That you’ll disappoint others?

That you’ll disappoint yourself?

Put words to your fears, then ask yourself: what would happen if they all came true?

Would that stop you from writing? Or would it liberate you?

Would you maybe be just fine?

What would it be like to have overcome your fears and still be writing anyway?

Only one way to find out…

Write. Every. Day.

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    #113 Make space

    ByLukas

    Actions overrule thoughts, and sometimes the best creative act – and the one requiring the most discipline – is doing nothing.

    Because when you slow down your pace, suddenly you realize: there’s space.

    There’s space for the thoughts and feelings you were so afraid to face.

    There’s space to redirect the energy you’ve misplaced.

    There’s space to rediscover everything that escaped your gaze while you were engaged in an endless rat race.

    There’s space for you to remember
    that before you learned not to listen
    and constant distraction erased every trace
    of the insights you so desperately chase
    there was a place of stillness
    a warm embrace
    where all the answers were right there, in your face

    Only when you’ve slowed down your mind’s pace
    you realize
    you were never out of place
    you were navigating a self-inflicted maze
    with only one way out:

    Make space.

  • #342 You’re always on track

    ByLukas

    You won’t feel that you’re getting addicted to social media when you scroll through feeds on your smartphone every day. But you are.

    You also won’t feel that you’re becoming a writer when you write just 1 minute a day. But you are.

    You’re always on track to doing something or becoming someone. But rarely will it feel that way in the day to day.

    Choose wisely.

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    #88 I write every day to understand what I want to say

    ByLukas

    I basically write the same song over and over, but they’re just verses of this one really long one. I’m trying to figure it out.

    The Tallest Man on Earth

    I write every day so I start to understand what I really want to say.

    I don’t usually get it right on the first try; maybe I’m not even getting close after 100 iterations.

    And that’s fine.

    There probably won’t be one post that captures it all.

    Maybe understanding emerges from whole of the 100 iterations instead?

    Sculpting away, day by day.

  • #33 There’s power in publishing imperfect work.

    ByLukas

    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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