The Process That Allows Me To Love Writing Every Single Day

This is how I write, why I can do it every day, and why it’s a labor of love every time.

I write every day and I never have a problem doing so.

I’ve never had writer's block and I find it quite easy to get into the flow state.

I’m not writing this to make anyone feel bad, but rather because I don’t think it’s that difficult to achieve. I believe that anyone can achieve what I can and quite easily.

But because what’s simple sometimes, seems complicated, I’m going to describe my process and mindset.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. — Aristotle

First, I look through my topics and partially written articles, I choose whichever one speaks to me, and then I start writing. The important part of that last sentence is the “whichever speaks to me”, part. As I look at everything something will jump out at me and give me a slight energy rush, the first few sentences will materialize as if by themselves.

After that everything just follows and flows.

When I’m writing for myself, I take my cues from my feelings.

What feels easy is what I work on. If I start something and it starts to feel difficult or forced, I leave that one and look for something else.

By staying open-minded, I allow myself to be lead to what’s on my mind and in my heart.

I do that when editing as well. If I’m having a really hard time working a sentence, that’s a sign it needs to go. When something feels difficult, it’s not working.

In writing as in life, your problems will show themselves to you if you let them.

If I have assignments from a magazine, I mull them over until something sticks in my head and gets the ball rolling. Sometimes I commit to just looking at my instructions a couple of times in a day to see what’s ready to be written. If I’m stuck, I’ll think about it before I go to bed and revisit as soon as I get up.

As long as I’m relaxed and unhurried, something always comes along to get the process started.

Then I accept that not every piece is going to be my best work.

My goal is to sit down every day for the experience. I want it to be meaningful, and I want it to be worthwhile, but most of all, I just want to write.

Because in writing a piece every day, I get the practice I need to get better. I get to practice what I love.

When I’m in writing mode, I don’t judge. I don’t worry about structure or language. I’m not trying to be eloquent, and I’m not even trying to make sense. I’m just writing.

There’s no expectation or standard. It’s me, my mind, and the flow of energy towards my hands. Tapping into the energy flowing through me and around me, I relish taking this moment every day to be a part of that higher power.

This is the real payoff of writing every day — the joy of learning to turn off the roadblocks in your mind and embracing the bliss of doing something that feels good. The satisfaction is in the act.

When I sit down to write, I turn everything off inside my head except what’s happening in the now and go with it. It is a skill I have practiced over and over. It didn’t come as easy when I first started writing daily, but now it’s second nature.

I don’t over-think. I don’t criticize myself into submission. I don’t belittle my ideas and I don’t stop.

After the fact, there will be time to go back and clean it up. There will be time to read it over and have it all register.

That’s when I get to practice editing. I get to exercise my critical eye, become my own teacher, learn from my mistakes, and notice what I like and don’t like. I get to cherry-pick the best thoughts of that moment.

By paying attention, I begin to notice what works and what doesn’t.

Over time, as I improve, the raw material that comes from mind to hand becomes more succinct and better crafted.

I’m not the most profound person. I can’t articulate every thought and emotion I have. Much of what goes on in my head, I can’t tap into.

Deep trauma too painful to face and a white-hot rage that threatens to burn me up make writing an exercise in transmutation. Every day I try to take what hurts and turn it into something that helps. I’m looking to mend myself as much as I’m trying to encourage others.

I don’t always get it right, but I always try, and if I write what’s in my heart, I’m still honoring my truth. My hope is that if I put a small bit of positivity into the world daily, I’m adding to the collective good in my own way.

To do this, I must make sure I don’t stand in my own way. I protect the sacred act from my inner saboteur by abandoning expectations and reserving judgment.

I can accept that I’m not the world’s best anything, as long as I’m spending my time doing what I love and striving to be the best I can be.

My writing process allows me to rise above my inhibitions if only for a few moments every day, contact my source energy, and acknowledge my dreams.

That’s how I write, why I can do it every day, and why it’s a labor of love every time.

Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there’s love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong. — Ella Fitzgerald

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