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‘Inspiration is for amateurs’

Why consistency, not inspiration, is the key to success

This is one of those Mondays where the desire to write anything in this journal is just not there.

So began my first journal entry of the week. A journal entry I had no desire or motivation to write.

But I forged ahead. I pushed my pen across the notebook paper and scrawled:

The subtle art of not trying

‘You don’t try. That’s very important: “not” to try, either for Cadillacs, creation or immortality.’ – Charles Bukowski

This summer has not been kind to my writer self.

I could blame my lack of productivity on a hundred things, but the crux of the matter has been that I’ve been too focused on the wrong things as a writer.