When you leave yourself no way out - magic happens.
You figure it out. You always do.
"You know, I think, people who don't figure it out just don't sit with it long enough - they let themselves off the hook", - a friend shared.
I’ve been writing every day since May 2024. 531 days in a row.
No skipped days. No waiting for inspiration.
One hour, first thing in the morning. It’s on the calendar, like breakfast.
Some mornings, I sit down with no clue what I’ll write about.
I get into my chair in front of my laptop. I think about my life, my clients, something I listened on a podcast, read in a book, or heard from a friend - and suddenly, an idea shows up.
It always does. Like this morning.
The real reason I haven't skipped a day even when flying for 2 days straight?
I didn’t give myself a choice.
Something I read from Seth Godin today (who's by the way, at 65 this year, has written 10,000 blogs - my inspiration, which I also can reach at the age of 65),
“Shipped work teaches you things unshipped work never can.”
You might be waiting for the perfect idea, the right moment, or to finally feel “ready”, be "good enough".
But those who ship regularly know the truth -
First, you commit to shipping.
Then, the great work comes.
Shipping is a habit.
And the habit starts with one simple rule: you got to show up.
Sometimes, the best hack for momentum is removing the escape route.
Like selling the masterclass before you’ve built it, announcing the project before it’s ready, promising the post before you’ve written a word! I did it. Many writers who get the advance do that same exact thing - they are paid BEFORE they have written a word.
Pressure creates clarity - it gets you on the hook!
Deadlines, and social accountability create needed flow.
And commitment to show up creates art worth talking about.
So, over to you, dear reader,
What are you putting off because you don’t feel ready?
And what’s one hook you could get yourself on so there’s no way back but forward?
