100 Words Every Day
Out of all writing advice one thing which really stand out is “To become a good writer all you have to do is start WRITING”.
Whenever I see something inspiring/funny/hard-hitting work I get the feeling in stomach “Why I am not doing something like this? Why I am spending more time on consuming instead of making?” What stops me from doing great work. Is it the fear of getting criticized for lack of story telling skill or not having interesting life(I rarely post in Instagram) or my very own self doubt.
Enough Is Enough
If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right. — Hendry Ford
Only way to build good habit is starting small. So that your chance of getting failure is low. Nothing wrong in setting bar lower.
Jan 2016 I set my target that I should do any physical activity everyday for 20 minutes. It can be walking, running or anything, only criteria is 20 min physical activity.
As we crossed half way through the year. I can proudly say out of 198 days I successfully accomplished 148 days of doing-some-exercise. Though I failed and skipped some days — mostly on weekends and travel days. Now running 5km every morning became so easy. Lately I started enjoying it.
Long story short, I wanted to bring the same habit formation technique to WRITING.
So from today on wards I am going to post every single day. Writing subject can Inspirational stuff or 4 types of Assholes in Office or Anything-under-the-sky. Only criteria is 100 words. Ya 100 words is less. But it serve the purpose. Chance of failing is low.
Hope I can share something useful to you everyday.