This is going to be a terrible post. I am writing it quickly and keeping it short.
Why would you do that?
Because doing it poorly is better than not doing it at all. Especially when it comes to a habit that you are building and want to keep.
I am trying to build the habit of writing here once a week about things I am learning and my progress through this one game a month challenge. However, today I did not feel like writing.
I had long day traveling and have to get up early to get wisdom teeth removed but I happened to read something today that really stuck with me.
“Be very scared to fail to execute a habit, even once.”
Now this clashes slightly with something else I have learned recently about motivation but is good advice nonetheless.
So here I am at almost midnight, writing my Sunday blog post because it is a habit I want to keep.
Also, I am learning that some of our most valuable work is the work that our little brains like to try to keep us from doing with excuses. The trick is to do it anyway.
In fact, it is probably in your best interest to seek out the stuff that your brain is telling you to procrastinate on (for example my brain said to write this in the morning).
If you would like to read more about these ideas and where I am getting some of them from, check out Derek Siver’s reviews on Superhuman by Habit and The War of Art.
That’s all for now, may do post on Wednesday this week if I am recovering quickly enough and get game #4 started.
Keep getting better at what you do.