The One Thing Writing Influencers Won’t Ever Tell You About Consistency

Maha Ahmed
The Shortform
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1 min readOct 23, 2022
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You know the feeling.

I’m talking about the satisfaction that comes with having a perfect streak. Looking at all those checked boxes reminds you of the commitment you made to yourself. And that’s enough to make you feel good.

Here’s what happens next.

Keeping the streak becomes the only thing that matters. There are days when you feel over the top and others when you blame yourself, thinking you can’t live up to your expectations. You’re so fixed on not losing your progress that you forget why you’re doing this.

Listen.

If you only publish daily because you’re feeling forced to, it’s time to slow down.

Believe it or not, creating a system that works for you is way more important to write in the long run.

And from there, you can be consistent in putting in the reps.

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Maha Ahmed
Maha Ahmed

Written by Maha Ahmed

Nicheless creator. I write about everything that comes in my mind but mostly on self-improvement and writing. Read more here : https://twitter.com/heymaha