Second day in a row sitting down to write. That alone is a victory.
I also finally figured out that if you write in the wordpress app – or whatever place you’re actually publishing – you remove one more step required to publish. Remove friction / obstacles to developing your habit, says Atomic Habits. (Boom! another book referenced with potential affiliate link – I really gotta learn how to do that affiliate shit).
Publishing is also the goal, right? The amount of half-baked, unpublished crap I’ve written that’s sitting in Google docs is immense. Actually, I’m not sure why publishing is the goal. Look ma, I’m already thinking better from writing.
Why is publishing the goal? I could continue to write in Google docs and still develop this morning writing practice. Maybe it’s something specific to me. If I’m publishing, I’m more likely to do the task. Something related to external validation is lurking there I think – subject of another post.
But as I made my coffee this morning I thought, “what the hell am I going to write this morning?”. And the ideas did start flowing. My brain forced itself to start thinking about it. I owe this post to “the world”, and my brain needed to deliver.
There’s also something to publishing quickly with minimal editing. I acknowledge that people don’t want to read crap that the writer spent no time/thought creating. Maybe that’s why no one will want to read AI-generated content. But I don’t mind if anyone reads this or not. It’s for me – to think better and practice communicating clearly in longer form, non-email, media.
I’m actually really enjoying this, and I feel like I could go on. But the time is up and I’ve gotta hit publish so I can get to work.