4 Little Changes That Help You Write Every Day Even if You Are Busy

You feel stuck while writing, but it doesn’t mean you can’t get better at writing.

I’ve struggled at brainstorming for around 30 minutes with a blank page and screen, and finally, closing the laptop, being frustrated.

It became a norm for me to brainstorm yet write anything when I had no idea what and for whom to write.

After dealing with this, I changed my writing space, impacting my writing 360 degrees. That helped me to write consistently. And now I’m posting 3 stories on Medium in a week and posting 4X weekly on LinkedIn.

1) Cleaned the Mindspace

Our mind is the birthplace of writing. That’s the foundation of our writing space. Working with a tense mind made my composing woeful, and I didn’t find much interest in creating and sharing.

I reset my mind, becoming aware of the negative thoughts. And improved my mental health state by -

Letting go of disturbing thoughts if it was something out of my control. It put me at ease!
Being aware of if I was anxious about something and how to resolve it.
Improved things in my routine and life (That’s an ongoing process). That includes increasing efficiency by amending a to-do list, spending time without a phone, walking, meditation, and increasing productivity.

2) Stopped writing meaninglessly

For 8+ months, I penned down and shared what I liked without pondering how it would benefit the audience and the message of my Medium story.

So, I classified online writing in the following ways:

What you write about (Your Niche)

For example, my niches are freelancing, self-improvement, healthy routines, and mental health.

For whom you write (Your targeted audience)

It can incorporate your audience’s gender, age, demography, and profession according to your target.

Explore how your unique life experiences are worth sharing, what message you can convey, and how it can make someone’s day.

3) Content Inspiration

Your writing space is also about what you consume and what you feed to your mind.

So, I don’t have any competitors because either they’re my fellow or senior content writers, and I take inspiration from their content.

Such as, in the case of LinkedIn:

Even one word on someone’s post gives me the idea for a post.
Learn the angles they use in their posts.
Analyze the posts I like for my post ideation.

Reading Medium stories helps me analyze their:

Topics and depth.
Headings and angles of the subjects.
Storytelling and how they make it engaging to read.

And it also helps you get ideas from their topics.

Ideas can be the same, but your experiences are different.

Make others’ content an idea-generating source for you.

So, taking inspiration from others’ content, analyzing what and how they’re doing, and your experiments guide your writing journey.

Pro tip: Set different times for ideation and writing. List multiple ideas in one go. It cuts down on time; you already know what to write about when ideas are in your hand.

4) Organized my workspace

How can your mind give you fresh ideas if everything is messed around you?

Such as ChatGPT, the clear and well-explained prompt you give and the better output you get.

So, organize your workspace because it also acts as an input for your mind.

Specify the position of your books and notes.
Position your stationery in one place.
Keep the often-used notes handy by placing them on the table surface.

Immaculate space positively impacts your mind and mood.

It saves time as you get things directly instead of searching for 10 minutes.

This way, you can make writing your everyday practice and ultimately build your authority in your niche.

This writing space helps me write and publish consistently on two platforms:

Clean mindset
Specification in writing
Organized workspace
Content Inspiration

Yes, I face bottlenecks in ideation and getting started with writing — That’s normal when your mind is not a machine.

Give yourself the freedom to accept your flaws and improve your writing, which helps you to maintain momentum.

Writing practice is about building momentum, not about being in a flawless state. Implement the approaches mentioned above to observe the change in a month.

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