I need to write every day to get used to putting my words on paper, well the screen. I have been blocked too often.
Maybe there is really no writer’s block, maybe it is just that I have nothing to say or I want to say too many things at once. So then I don’t write. Am I blocked?
If I think of it, no, I am not because I can always write. I can write a list of things I love to eat. (An In-N-Out cheeseburger right now, please).
I could write about stuff I think about while in traffic. But then, I don’t think about much anymore because I am always listening to some podcast or audio book (affiliate link to some book, j/k)
I should not put this on the internet. But then, hey it’s the internet, that’s probably worse than your garage because everyone’s brain vomits their stuff here. The other day I found a page that explained how to make unicorn suits out of old Seventeen magazines. Not sure why I just wrote that. It’s not true, I didn’t find such a page. I wouldn’t be surprised if it existed, though. Unicorn-crafting-ideas.com, Seventeen-unicorns.com. Yes, that’s it.
So my goal is to write 500 words every day. And I am just not there yet, but need to get breakfast rolls.
I am back, and I am not sure if the rules should state that I have to write these 500 words in one go or if splitting up is okay. Those are my rules, so I guess splitting up is okay.
Somehow this reminds me of split hair. Hair is a weird thing, comes right out of our head as if it was growing on our skull. Imagine grass came out of your head. Wouldn’t be much weirder.
I guess it is supposed to be hard the first day, but there are still 170 words left. That is like if I said, come up with 170 words that describe the state of being content. Not gonna do this now, I hate such tasks.
James Altucher recommends coming up with 10 ideas every day. He said it changed his life.
These ideas don’t count if they are scattered throughout the day. As if you had three random ideas in the morning and five at lunch, one stupid idea at 3 PM and then finally you come up with a new topping for your sandwich at night. No, it is thinking about one topic and you make a list of then ideas. As if you come up with ten things for breakfast in the morning. Like you wake up and think “Hey what should I eat?”
Bacon,
Eggs,
Oatmeal,
Steak,
Strawberries,
Donuts,
French toast,
Fries,
Pancakes
Bananas.
Okay, that was too easy. After a while, you are through the simple lists and you come up with better topics to think about. Like 10 things how I could help my neighbor. And then since you already thought about ten things to do, you may end up actually doing one. And your neighbor is happy and you are happy. I can see how this can change your life.
Anyway, James’ wife Claudia wrote a Kindle book with 100 things you could make lists about. I bought it because I had a hard time coming up with more things to write about – yes I am trying to do this every day. So halfway through the book, she suddenly springs this one list of 100(!) things you are grateful for on you. And I am like, hey that sucks. I don’t believe it is that hard to come up with 100 things to be grateful for, but it just sounds like a chore.
In fact, I am writing three things down every day, that I am grateful for. So I would just have to go through the last 34 days.
The thing with the gratefulness I got from This book: 59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot (Lol, yes it is an affiliate link, I am such a hypocrite).
There is also a great Ted talk that also mentions it.
[day 1: 694 words]