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I thought setting a timer for 10 minutes was a dumb way to work on my novel
My friend told me to just write for 10 minutes a day, no matter what, and I laughed it off. After six months of zero progress, I tried it last Monday with a simple kitchen timer. I wrote 300 words that first day, and now I've done it every day this week. It turns out the tiny commitment was the only way to get past my own block. Has anyone else found a stupidly simple trick that actually got a project moving again?
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maryp1810d ago
Honestly, calling it a dumb way is the real mistake. That kind of thinking is what stops us from trying the simple stuff that works. The goal isn't to write a masterpiece in ten minutes, it's just to open the file and get some words down. The timer trick works because it makes the task feel small and doable, not scary. What other small step are you maybe writing off before you even try it?
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