Most of us have become familiar with the old enemy: the procrastination demon. It sits on our shoulder, whispering in our ear, doing all in its power to prevent us from moving towards our goals. “You don’t have time for this.” “Shouldn’t...
In the last days of 2012, Stephen Guise found himself contemplating his lack of fitness, as many of us do at the turn of the year. For the previous decade, he’d tried various exercise regimens and failed with every single one. I can relate to this, and I suspect you...
Tap the button to listen to this article It’s easy to imagine in the early days of a writing career, that words are a strictly rationed commodity, as if they’re drawn from a well that will one day dry up. This is because writing is hard, especially at the beginning....
Habits form our identity, not the other way around. A smoker doesn’t smoke because they’re a smoker; they’re a smoker because they smoke. In other words, do it to be it. This simple truth, which is covered at length in Atomic Habits, is nevertheless profound. A...
I know myself well enough to know that if I give myself any excuses, I’ll fall prey to my procrastination demon and the words simply won’t get done. So, as a rule (ie 99% of the time), I stick to my wordcount target on a working day, and push through until...
