In the last two months since I’ve started daily blogging, one of the questions I’ve received is, “How do you find the time to write something everyday?”
So I thought I’d share one specific change I’ve made to my daily habits to create time for writing.
When I started daily blogging, I looked at how I spent my time each day, and tried to shift moments of consumption into moments of creation.
When on the tube heading into work, instead of trying to listen to music over the screeching of London’s northern line, I ditch the headphones, reflect on the previous day, and note some ideas down on my phone.
I used to skip my lunch break, but I now take 15 minutes once I’ve finished my meal to build on what I wrote that morning.
Finally, when I get home, I’ve replace what used to be Netflix time with wrapping up the blog post for the day, and getting into bed a little earlier with a book.
I realised it was so easy to be in a constant state of consumption, and I have simply tried to balance some of that with deliberate creation time.
I’m also just happy to be putting original content out into the world again. This blog is the first time since vlogging on the Mississippi that I’ve been publicly sharing ideas, and the meaningful email conversations I’ve had with readers to date have made it all worth it.