So I guess I'm writing just as much today as any other day? Why? Because even if it's my girlfriend's birthday, there are moments when I actually do get some free time. And I haven't reached a stage where I need 3-4 hours to write in a day.
That's what I love so much about
Writing
. The maximum daily input tapes off around 3-4 hours on a given day. And this is a level for experts... the GOATs of writing. So for someone like me, I don't even need to worry about snatching three hours a day to get my writing in. Even just having 30 minutes is good, just being totally honest here.
Yes. I think that this is something that's hard to be honest with. I don't think many people who are at our level of writing will admit this. But I only really require -- as in I max out at -- 30 minutes of writing on any given day. After that, I might as well go do something else. Daydream. Read. Watch a rerun of a
Roger Federer
tennis
match. Literally anything else.
But yeah there was a time when I would lie to people and proudly say I was writing like two hours a day finally. But now that I've finally reached this pinnacle of 30 minutes a day daily writing I can laugh at that old lie and tell you the truth. The truth is that becoming a person who can write 30 minutes a day without spending >80% of my decision making energy getting myself to do it has been a long journey. And if you asked me years ago how I would feel about the prospect of me being a 30 minute a day writer by this phase of my life I would've laughed and said, no way. I'll be writing all day by then!
It's funny how that goes, but this is what I love about writing. No matter how busy someone is, I think that they're able to steal 30 minutes each day to do the writing. Whether it's a consultant juggling four calendars or a pretty successful CTO or a Nigerian employeepreneur, we're all working with a short window of how much we can show up.
The key is to just make sure you get no choice on whether you show up. Long time ago you decided not to give yourself a choice about brushing your teeth. Do that with writing. If you want to write that is.
Interesting that we both wrote around the same topics today Sir Abe. I was explaining my evolution to how I got to be where I am.... having never thought I would ever write daily - leave alone 30 minutes or a whole day at any point. But here we are - taking writing classes and discussing narration and description and giving each other feedback to up our writing game. It definitely doesn't take me more than 30 minutes to get a decent post out a day. Yeah I definitely want to write. :)
I am probably between 30-60 minutes for all three posts every day on average. Sometimes I can crank out a "throwaway" post in 5-10 minutes. My newsletter takes a lot more time on the order of a few hours.
lol maybe i'll write a book but through the medium of a newsletter.