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The Mindset That Forever Changed How I Write
Tell yourself this over and over again to become a prolific writer.
When I started writing online, I aimed for perfection.
I wanted everything I wrote to be read. I craved virality. I wanted to sound smart to others.
It was also the wrong mindset.
After writing hundreds of articles on Medium and hundreds of posts on social media, I only have one mindset. And it’s the mindset that forever changed how I write online.
The mindset that you only need to write for five minutes.
Write for Just 5 Minutes
How much would your life change if you just wrote for 5 minutes?
Getting started is the hardest part. Knowing what to write. Wondering if it could be perfect before I even wrote it. Wondering if anyone would even read something I wrote.
These ideas destroyed me.
Until I realized that I just needed to write for 5 minutes. I needed to get started and show up for at least 5 minutes. Showing up for 5 minutes was the trigger my brain needed.
It instilled in me a belief that I only needed to write for that long to accomplish something.
