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Writing Habit #5: Figure Out Your Most Productive Time of Day · The Daily Writer

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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Daily Rider Podcast, where we bring you tips and inspiration each day to help you build habits for writing success.
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  SPEAKER_00: For more resources, including your free Daily Rider Starter Kit, visit DailyRiderLife.com.
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  SPEAKER_00: We've been talking about writing habits here on the show for the last few days, and so far we've covered several practices that you can develop that are going to help you build that all-important writing habit.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today's episode is for all the night owls as well as the early birds and anybody in between.
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  SPEAKER_00: So here's writing habit number five.
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  SPEAKER_00: Figure out your most productive time of day.
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  SPEAKER_00: So here's the deal: a lot of entrepreneurs and leaders will try to tell you that you have to be a morning person in order to be effective.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I don't think that that's true.
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  SPEAKER_00: You have to lean into the way that you're wired.
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  SPEAKER_00: You've got to do what works for you.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I encourage you to experiment with figuring out the best time of day for you to write.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I don't believe that writing in the morning is necessarily the only way to go.
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  SPEAKER_00: A lot of people swear by this, but it really depends on your biology and your schedule.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not everybody is an early morning person.
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  SPEAKER_00: Many people come alive later in the day or even late at night.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, that being said, okay, let me shift to the other point of view here.
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  SPEAKER_00: Ernest Hemingway wrote in the morning, and he said this when I'm working on a book or a story, I write every morning as soon after first light as possible.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's no one to disturb you, and it is cool or cold, and you come to your work and warm as you write.
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  SPEAKER_00: You read what you have written, and as you always stop when you know what is going to happen next, you go on from there.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, for you, it might be a little bit different.
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  SPEAKER_00: Many creative people like to work late at night.
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  SPEAKER_00: Again, you've got to do what works for you.
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  SPEAKER_00: So here's your pal, here's your buddy Kent, giving you permission to go with the way that you're wired.
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  SPEAKER_00: But it doesn't mean you got to stay that way.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can always develop better habits.
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  SPEAKER_00: I will say that, now, and I think this is important to acknowledge that a lot of successful people keep an early morning routine.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I think that's worth considering.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like if you do studies of, you know, the world's billionaires, not necessarily that you should aspire to be a billionaire, but I mean, if you're gonna dream, why not?
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  SPEAKER_00: You know, billionaires have accomplished big things in their life, they've gone for big goals, and I think it's worth considering, okay, what are some things that millionaires and billionaires have done uh in their lives to become so successful?
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  SPEAKER_00: And one of the interesting commonalities between people kind of at that level of life and business is that many times they are early morning people.
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  SPEAKER_00: They create in the morning, they exercise in the morning, they get up really early, they go to bed early at night.
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  SPEAKER_00: That is an interesting commonality among I would say the majority of highly successful people.
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  SPEAKER_00: So that's worth considering.
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  SPEAKER_00: Okay, so I just want to throw that out there.
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  SPEAKER_00: However, again, that being said, it doesn't mean that you have to be an early morning person to be a successful writer.
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  SPEAKER_00: There are a lot of writers who write in all kinds of crazy ways and at crazy times.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I think there's kind of a balance here.
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  SPEAKER_00: Do what worked for you.
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  SPEAKER_00: But I also want to encourage you to maybe, if you're on the fence about this or you're looking for a different routine, consider the value of becoming an early morning person.
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  SPEAKER_00: There are a lot of uh really great benefits to writing in the morning and being a morning person.
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  SPEAKER_00: So here's today's challenge.
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  SPEAKER_00: Figure out your ideal time of day to write and try it out over the next few days.
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  SPEAKER_00: Try to be consistent.
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  SPEAKER_00: And if you're kind of waffling on this or you're not sure, then I encourage you to try becoming more of a morning person.
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  SPEAKER_00: I think you'll really be pleasantly surprised at the benefits when you go that direction.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today's episode is an excerpt from our free ebook, How to Build a Writing Habit.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thanks so much for listening, and I'll see you next time.