How to Keep Going When You Want to Quit

In writing and life

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“It’s important to understand that when you first start, you are not posting these for your audience-you’re posting them for you. Eventually people will start to follow, but initially it’s so you can discover your voice.”

— Russell Brunson, Expert Secrets

I don’t always enjoy writing.

I’ll bet I’m not alone in that either.

Vulnerability is hard but also feels good at the same time.

I stick with it even when I don’t really want to because I am determined to learn to love practice just for the sake of doing it. I want to deepen my intrinsic motivation so I can get to my 10,000 hours required to become an expert.

Try being a little more real with yourself now. Will you enjoy posting 3–5 articles per week?

Probably not always.

It’s the hard truth about writing and practicing writing. But if you put in the work, you will find your voice, and you will improve.

I know it because I’m doing it right now. Every keystroke and mouse clicking that publish button improves your voice. Sometimes we repeat ourselves, and sometimes we feel like we’re writing garbage. But as long as we don’t stop, we’ll keep improving.