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And exploring your writing goals
The most dangerous thing a writer can do as a writer is cease writing.
Breaks are healthy to rest and recover your mind, but not for too long. A writer writes; it’s what we do.
The longer we stray from a habit, the more momentum we invest into a new habit: Not writing.
You don’t have to publish your work. But you should habitually be writing in the form of ideas, journaling, quotes, short-form posts, long-form posts, one-liners, books, chapters, sentences, poems, etc.
Whatever it takes for you to write, do it.
When the breaks from writing go on for too long, not only do you not get practice time in, but you start to develop “writer’s block,” and it becomes harder to know where to start when you do pick up that pen or get in front of that screen.
What Is Your Goal As A Writer?
Once you spend considerable time contemplating this question and know its answer, ask yourself a second question:
What do I need to do to make this happen?
Finally, the last question you must ask yourself is: Do my actions align with my goals?
Most of the time, our actions completely misalign where we desire to go. Make the shift so that you can accomplish your writer’s goals.
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