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You Don’t Need More Reassurance
You just need to do the work
Today has not been a good writing day for me.
It’s almost 3pm, and I’m just sitting down to do the one thing that’s most important to me, the one thing I promised myself I’d do daily: write.
I’ve been home all day, but I’ve somehow managed to continually dodge writing for almost an entire workday (8+ hours) so far!
In fact, I’ve done everything but write so far today. My day’s looked something like this:
Spend hours working through the latest writing course I’m taking. Walk around the house. Make some toast. Read the local newspaper. Read articles on Medium. Check my stats on writing platforms multiple times. Run a list of non-important errands that end up taking way too long. Look out the window. Walk around the house again. Look out a different window. Respond to work emails. Check my bank account. Then check it again later. Clean off the cars and shovel snow.
Yes, you read that right. I did say shovel snow.
When I’d rather shovel snow than write, I know it’s really bad!
But I also know that none of these actions get me closer to my writing goals. For that, I must actually write.
