Breaking Bad Habits

How to Make Writing A Habit (That Sticks!)

Start Building Toward the Future You Want You want to write because you know that it's an incredible tool to build exposure and leverage your authority as an expert in your niche. So you sit down to write, but you find yourself distracted. Or your find yourself putting it off, excusing this writing session for other tasks. Whatever the story is, you're not getting any closer to meeting your writing goal. This is a similar story for all of those people who wanted to exercise, learn a new language, play the piano, or pick up some other fulfilling task that will either help them meet professional or personal goals. "Here's what you've got to do," the gurus say. "You've got to make writing a habit. Simply drum up the discipline, write for 21 days straight and voila! You've started a new habit and are well on your way to success." Sound familiar?