In my last post, I reflected on my 2016 year up to that point, where 26 days were remaining. Now, 21 days have passed by and it's December 27th, with only 5 days left to 2017. It's funny how we start to count down when it we get closer to the end of the year! Well, maybe it's just me...
I'm not very proud of it but I believe I have not written in these 21 days. I think it was because I was busy for half of that time, but the real reason I did not write was because I was expecting too much of myself. In the past 5 months or so, I have switched from not writing at all like months passing before I write a small piece or blog post or even a poem. However, I have really turned all that around, and I'm glad for it. I really stepped it up this time. I created this blog and have "98 posts" to date! That's quite the effort! I didn't even write everyday. In addition, I worked on my fictional writing and have about 60 pages, which is a great start to a novel. And now, even though I have not written for 21 days, not my fiction, not poetry, not blog posts, with 5 days left to 2017, I have to finish it with glory! If I just write everyday until the new year, in these 5 days, if I just "publish" a blog post everyday, then maybe I can turn it around again and finish the year with a *BANG*!
I have been studying the science of habits for a while now. And there's this thing called "Key Stone Habit". It is believed that once you find out your "key stone habit," then a chain of events will follow or better yet, a chain of good "habits" that will be inevitable. It's like this, when you work out, usually a series of good habits follow like drinking more water, eating better, sleeping better, etc. It's a natural process but it's like with ourselves, we take it upon ourselves to improve on every area of our lives when we do well in that one area that is perhaps more difficult. Other keystone habits that ring true for most could also be having a good nutritious breakfast first thing in the morning or even making your bed after you wake up. For me, I think I've figured out one of my keystone habits--it's writing! No surprise there. I have noticed that the days that I start my day with writing, I am much more successful at doing everything I have set out to do; I am more productive. When I start my day with writing, I am more at peace, more happy, more me. There are many other more small key stone habits that I have and have already observed in me and am still figuring it out, but I think writing is definitely one of them. I feel as if I'm not complete when I don't write. My soul cries out for it if I don't pay attention to it.
In these past 21 days, I had this rising guilt in me about not writing. And then, instead of making it better by just writing a blog post, giving 10 minutes attention to it to write even if I don't work on my work of fiction or I don't give a full hour or more to it...instead, I kept making these big-ass goals to write for 2 hours or write for one hour or 90 minutes or etc... For whatever reason, I just never got to it. I got lazy, I got busy, I avoided it, I procrastinated on it, I forgot about it...and the reasons just go on and on. Certainly, I am giving writing my full attention when writing my new year's resolutions for 2017. In fact, writing is one of my "Big 3 Goals" of the year. I believe I will do great things with my writing this upcoming year as I have done this year. For me, having 98 posts in my blog is quite an accomplishment! Especially when I truly started writing back in August! Or maybe it was September?! In any case, I will improve even on that though. I will also make a new blog--one for my business where I post only writings that are about writing and about what I do. I may merge it with this blog or make one for itself. In addition, I will be working on my story to complete as a novel and make a serious attempt to publish it.
I think it's time. To show the world what I'm made of.
I'm not very proud of it but I believe I have not written in these 21 days. I think it was because I was busy for half of that time, but the real reason I did not write was because I was expecting too much of myself. In the past 5 months or so, I have switched from not writing at all like months passing before I write a small piece or blog post or even a poem. However, I have really turned all that around, and I'm glad for it. I really stepped it up this time. I created this blog and have "98 posts" to date! That's quite the effort! I didn't even write everyday. In addition, I worked on my fictional writing and have about 60 pages, which is a great start to a novel. And now, even though I have not written for 21 days, not my fiction, not poetry, not blog posts, with 5 days left to 2017, I have to finish it with glory! If I just write everyday until the new year, in these 5 days, if I just "publish" a blog post everyday, then maybe I can turn it around again and finish the year with a *BANG*!
I have been studying the science of habits for a while now. And there's this thing called "Key Stone Habit". It is believed that once you find out your "key stone habit," then a chain of events will follow or better yet, a chain of good "habits" that will be inevitable. It's like this, when you work out, usually a series of good habits follow like drinking more water, eating better, sleeping better, etc. It's a natural process but it's like with ourselves, we take it upon ourselves to improve on every area of our lives when we do well in that one area that is perhaps more difficult. Other keystone habits that ring true for most could also be having a good nutritious breakfast first thing in the morning or even making your bed after you wake up. For me, I think I've figured out one of my keystone habits--it's writing! No surprise there. I have noticed that the days that I start my day with writing, I am much more successful at doing everything I have set out to do; I am more productive. When I start my day with writing, I am more at peace, more happy, more me. There are many other more small key stone habits that I have and have already observed in me and am still figuring it out, but I think writing is definitely one of them. I feel as if I'm not complete when I don't write. My soul cries out for it if I don't pay attention to it.
In these past 21 days, I had this rising guilt in me about not writing. And then, instead of making it better by just writing a blog post, giving 10 minutes attention to it to write even if I don't work on my work of fiction or I don't give a full hour or more to it...instead, I kept making these big-ass goals to write for 2 hours or write for one hour or 90 minutes or etc... For whatever reason, I just never got to it. I got lazy, I got busy, I avoided it, I procrastinated on it, I forgot about it...and the reasons just go on and on. Certainly, I am giving writing my full attention when writing my new year's resolutions for 2017. In fact, writing is one of my "Big 3 Goals" of the year. I believe I will do great things with my writing this upcoming year as I have done this year. For me, having 98 posts in my blog is quite an accomplishment! Especially when I truly started writing back in August! Or maybe it was September?! In any case, I will improve even on that though. I will also make a new blog--one for my business where I post only writings that are about writing and about what I do. I may merge it with this blog or make one for itself. In addition, I will be working on my story to complete as a novel and make a serious attempt to publish it.
I think it's time. To show the world what I'm made of.
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