Building a Consistent Writing Habit

How I plan on getting my writing routines back on track.

Ryan J
ILLUMINATION

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Photo by Marcos Paulo Prado on Unsplash

For the past six months, my consistency and enthusiasm for writing have been abysmal.

I just can’t seem to get going.

There are times when I write one, maybe two articles per week—and that’s a good week. Then it could be a month or longer before I muster up the energy to create another.

What’s that all about?

When I first began my writing journey and found my stride, I was able to produce an article per day, sometimes two on occasion, so the problem isn’t lack of skill, I’ve proved that.

But, regardless of past ‘achievements’ — which mean nothing really — , the truth of the matter is; this recent form of conduct is far from acceptable and something has to change.

Get wise to your own bullsh*t.

Habit definition: a settled or regular tendency or practice, especially one that is hard to give up.

Slipping into bad habits is easy to do, but can be a nightmare to escape.

Some of the unhealthy traits I’ve found myself repeating over the past few months — read more on that here —…

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Ryan J
ILLUMINATION

From Northern Ireland 🍀 | Based in Sydney 🦘 | Writing about life, mindset and whatever else catches my attention.