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When Are You Going to Write? · The Daily Writer

• 0:06
  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.
• 0:14
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  SPEAKER_00: We human beings have an amazing capacity for deception.
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  SPEAKER_00: We will go to almost any length to avoid facing the truth or giving a concrete answer to a question that makes us uncomfortable.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the reason we're so good at avoiding the truth is that we know how to use words well, but this gift comes at a steep price.
• 0:40
  SPEAKER_00: And the price is that it's easy to dodge the question of when we're actually going to write.
• 0:46
  SPEAKER_00: Now, it's pretty easy to deceive other people.
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  SPEAKER_00: We can tell them we're going to write later, perhaps we'll do it after dinner or on our lunch break or in the early morning or late at night.
• 0:56
  SPEAKER_00: And as long as those people aren't physically checking in on us, we can kind of squirm our way past the question of when we're actually going to write.
• 1:04
  SPEAKER_00: But there's a much more dangerous kind of deception, and that of course is self-deception.
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  SPEAKER_00: We can make up all kinds of stories, reasons, or excuses as to why we're not going to write today.
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  SPEAKER_00: We're sick, we're tired, we have too many other things to do.
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  SPEAKER_00: Other people messed up our schedule, and the list goes on and on and on.
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  SPEAKER_00: The author Natalie Goldberg gives us some great advice when she says this.
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  SPEAKER_00: I hear people say they're going to write.
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  SPEAKER_00: I ask, when?
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  SPEAKER_00: They give me vague statements.
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  SPEAKER_00: Indefinite plans get dubious results.
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  SPEAKER_00: When we're concrete about our writing time, it alleviates that thin, constant feeling of anxiety that writers have.
• 1:47
  SPEAKER_00: That's pretty great advice.
• 1:48
  SPEAKER_00: And maybe the reason that you feel anxious about writing is that you haven't set a firm, concrete time when you're actually going to get the writing done.
• 1:56
  SPEAKER_00: Don't be vague.
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  SPEAKER_00: Don't try to dodge the question.
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  SPEAKER_00: Just be clear and direct.
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  SPEAKER_00: Set a time and a place and have a goal for how long or how much you're going to write that day.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this single habit alone will clear up a lot of your stress and anxiety about writing.
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  SPEAKER_00: When you've made the decision about when to write and simply get to work, everything becomes a lot easier.
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  SPEAKER_00: So here's today's challenge.
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  SPEAKER_00: When are you going to write today?
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  SPEAKER_00: Be really, really specific.
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• 3:01
  SPEAKER_00: Thanks for listening, and I'll see you next time.