Habits | Episode 10

Finally! Get Traction Toward Writing Every Day by Creating a Split Writing Routine

This solution has worked for me for the last three months!

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If you’re anything like me you have to stop writing on some, or most days to go to work, cook dinner, walk the dogs, or spend time with loved ones. I often found it challenging to bring my attention back to the point of my article.

As this happened more and more regularly I began to feel like a failure. I’d read tons of articles on how to form a daily writing habit, and I even teach a class on starting a journaling habit, but I failed over and over again at writing for Medium regularly.

One article outlined James Clear’s method of building a habit. I’d already read that book, and understood the theory, for heaven’s sake, I’m a Certified Habit Coach!!

1. Cue: Make it obvious
   I put a note on top of the coffeemaker so I wouldn’t forget to write
2. Craving: Make it attractive
   I made a list of why I wanted to write so I’d feel inspired. I wrote it on the front page of my notebook.
3. Response: Make it easy
   I started every day by writing the day, date, and time, in longhand across the top of the page. Something about starting the ink flow unblocked my resistance to that blank…