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- How to get out of a rut.
How to get out of a rut.
gurus get it wrong
It felt like I was slipping away.
I'd lost interest in my work. I was getting continually rejected.
I couldn't find that spark.
I was spending half the day watching YouTube videos in my boxer shorts.
I needed a change.
Back then, I'd follow the advice of online gurus on how to get out of a rut. They said I should write down my goals and find my purpose in life.
But this didn't work for me. I was in a rut because I didn't know what to do in the first place.
Finally, with a sense of desperation, I asked:
What can I do to lift myself out of this funk?
I knew I liked to write, but it wasn't always easy. So I decided then and there to write two hundred words every day, no matter what.
I wouldn't focus on the views, likes or results.
I'd just have one commitment - to get words down every day.
After a week, I felt better.
After two weeks, my confidence returned, and I began to see myself not as a 'stuck person' but a 'daily writer.'
I was a daily writer because the evidence was indisputable.
I was writing every day.
My published articles weren't getting much love. But I was giving myself love.
In that game-changing month, I learned a huge lesson:
I feel stuck when I need a challenge.
And one of the best kinds of challenges, when you're in a rut, is a 30-day habit challenge.
Pressups
Writing
Painting
Walking
Continuing my writing habit led to growing an audience of tens of thousands.
Whatever it is, the daily consistency is what's needed most. You create a refreshed, action-taking personal identity.
And when you're in motion like this, you start to receive insights - like gift-wrapped boxes containing thanks from the Universe itself.
These insights show you what you need to do without effort.
Motion creates solutions. You keep moving until you receive what you know is true. It always arrives.
If you're in a rut, don't worry about goals, missions or 'finding purpose.'
Start with a daily challenge.
Your purpose will find you.
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