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15 Truths That Will End Your Excuses to ‘Not Write’
Writing daily ain’t that hard
Remember that journal you bought last year?
The one with the soft leather cover and creamy pages that promised to hold your deepest thoughts and most brilliant ideas?
It’s probably sitting on your nightstand right now, pristine except for those first three entries.
I know because I have seven just like it.
For years, I told myself beautiful stories about ‘someday’.
Someday, I will start writing a book.
Someday, I will have an audience of my own.
Someday, someday, someday.
Life would magically clear space for my creativity someday, and words would start flowing effortlessly.
But almost three years after writing professionally to pay my bills, I realised:
Waiting for perfect conditions was the greatest story I’d ever told myself, and the greatest lie.
The truth is that your words matter now. Your voice matters now. And in this astonishing moment in history, every single barrier between you and your readers has fallen.
Here’s why all your excuses (and trust me, I’ve used them all) simply don’t hold up…
