5 ideas that have kept me creating daily for fifteen years

I’ve been in the online game for over a decade.

I’ve been writing online pretty much every day for fifteen years.

I’ve seen people who do incredible things for 3 months.

But then they disappear.

In fact, people who ghost is very common.

Staying in the game for years is rare and brings you all the rewards.

Here are 5 ideas that help me keep going when others quit:

I tie my daily creation to my broader goals. Whether to make more money, enjoy a flexible lifestyle, or support my future children, my goals excite me. So, the daily system I follow to achieve those goals makes my work today more immediate and purposeful.

I try to focus less on myself (my frustrations and sense of dissatisfaction, for eg) and more on the craft. I find a way to fall in love with the process. This one shift alone is powerful.

I remind myself of the challenge. Doing anything consistently is not easy for the vast majority of people. It’s enlivening to know I am doing what few have the stomach to do. I view what I do as elite.

I have developed the skill of avoiding self-judgement. Thoughts can be loud, especially when you are running the show. Your ego wants to protect you and is coming up with all kinds of great reasons to stop. I see these thoughts as naive suggestions that mean little on my overall journey.

I reframe what success means to me. Many view ‘success’ as more money made or huge engagement on their posts. When this doesn’t happen, they view themselves as failures. But what if success was getting back up after a setback? What if success was showing up to create today when you don’t really feel like it, and publishing anyway? That’s how I view success.

All of this leads to results compounded over time.

The results are inevitable.

It’s a LOT easier to enjoy the process of regular writing when you know how to improve.

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Seeya,

Alex