![]() I’ll surely come back at this challenge again in the future and tell you some more about it. It was incredible to be able to do it, although it had some though parts I’m not ready to even talk about yet. It was both incredibly harsh, as well as extremely rewarding. This was the hardest thing I’ve ever done as a writer. Then you can break them with ease.- Final Thoughts You need to prove it to yourself that boundaries are illusions. Regardless if you’re a writer, a filmmaker, a poker player, or a doctor, you need to do it in order to grow. But then, I’d simply write the day’s article and be able to extend the time with one more day, breaking that barrier. I’d always say “that’s it, I’m quitting this thing” and then be mad for three hours. During the challenge, I’d always question and second-guess myself. I found out I can destroy any boundaries I might’ve mentally set up for myself before if I really wanted to do so. When was the last time you read a book every single day for a month? Or when was the last time you washed the dishes for a week straight? Doing things for longer times shows what you’re made out off. Try thinking about when was the last time you did something for a year straight. You will find more motivation to write from writing more and more.- Lesson #5: No Boundariesģ65 days is a long time. You’ll never search for motivation for writing from dance, music or everything else. The thing that keeps you motivated is the same thing that you find motivation in. Start writing, and motivation will follow. Motivation awaits inside you and is only accessible through work. You won’t find it in Nature, at the supermarket, or in New York. Because motivation is never found outside yourself. But if you simply do it, if you simply sit down and write, you’ll never lack motivation. Simply creating content for that long is motivating. But for the most part, writing daily has proven up to be nothing else but a strong motivator. And it does, especially in those longer-than-normal days. Some people might say writing every day for a year can become a burden, not a motivator. I’m not famous, but just famous enough to have met new business partners.- Lesson #4: Motivational Juice It wasn’t easy, earning people’s trust, but I did it. Creating an online presence that turned some of my readers into clients has been a great reward from this challenge. That’s a form of online presence as well. I just wrote because I had to, and then the people who read my articles hired me to write some of theirs. Which for me is much more than great, giving the fact that I paid zero dollars for marketing. I only managed to get about 1.100 followers on the blog, but it’s okay.īesides the followers, I managed to get 10 clients, two of which are now my biggest ones, thanks to the blog alone. I didn’t partake in that, so I was sort of left behind. This has been hard to get, mainly because the platform, Medium, has gone all “paid membership” on us writers over the year. One of the reasons why I’ve started the challenge was to get some more followers on my social media and, hopefully, a few new clients. I write better, faster and cleaner.- Lesson #3: Online Presence It totally changed my relationship with grammar, choosing the correct words or punctuation marks, and constructing a good sentence. Writing for 365 days has made me a much better writer than I was one year ago. I am confident about everything I put out there, regardless if it’s for me or my clients. Nowadays, Grammarly is just a quick glance at a piece of writing I’m positive about. I’d even have troubles with choosing the right punctuation marks. Almost every sentence would need some polishing. ![]() One year ago, a normal text I’d write would’ve been filled with red lines. ![]() ![]() You just paste the text on there and voila! This service lets you know how many mistakes you’ve made in a certain text. One year ago, I was far less of a writer than I am today. It was just a way of showing off my skills and spending my free time. You might think I went into this challenge knowing everything about writing. Discipline is the motor you need for your boat with no paddles.- Lesson #2: Better Writing Is the cure for your laziness and complaining. ![]() Discipline is showing up every single day and practising your art form, even if you’re sick, unmotivated or angry. Writing for 365 days straight has taught me why discipline is so important. Usually, I was complaining about not having clients. Never putting enough time and effort into developing my skills as a content creator and mastering my craft. Why? Because I was severely lacking discipline. Everything fell apart, the online reputation, the Fiverr profile, the mailing list that I’ve been able to gather for all of those years writing for the local media. I was an undisciplined freelance writer for the entirety of 2017. Why do people fail at anything in life? They lack discipline. ![]()
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