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The Clock is Always Ticking · 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
  SPEAKER_00: For more resources, including your free Daily Rider Starter Kit, visit DailyRiderLife.com.
• 0:22
  SPEAKER_00: Before I get into today's episode, I want to let you know about a cool opportunity if you're a faith-based author, leader, or entrepreneur.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'll be speaking at the Refined Conference on Saturday, September 16th in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this is a one-day event that will help equip you to reach your goals and live out your God-inspired mission.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is going to be really fun, and I'm super excited and honored to be a part of the Refined Conference this year.
• 0:55
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  SPEAKER_00: I would love to see you there.
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  SPEAKER_00: So here's a question.
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  SPEAKER_00: Have you ever held up an hourglass and looked at it closely?
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, from a distance, the sand looks like kind of a single element that can snake through the bottleneck between the top and the bottom of that hourglass.
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  SPEAKER_00: But upon closer inspection, you can see that it's just thousands and thousands of tiny grains.
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  SPEAKER_00: Did you know that the average adult lives around 27,000 days?
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  SPEAKER_00: Now that may seem like a lot, but if you're a middle-aged person like I am, half of those days, or maybe even more than half, are already gone.
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  SPEAKER_00: Every day you live is another day that's spent.
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  SPEAKER_00: Every week, another seven days is gone, and of course, every year takes away yet another 365 days.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're spending one of your days right now.
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  SPEAKER_00: The clock never stops because it's always running.
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  SPEAKER_00: Here's a question I want you to think about.
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  SPEAKER_00: Are you using this day well?
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  SPEAKER_00: Tomorrow morning when you wake up, will you look back on today and will you be proud of how you used that time?
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  SPEAKER_00: The reality for all of us is that our time on earth is limited.
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  SPEAKER_00: And if you don't write today, that's one less day you have to make those writing dreams a reality.
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  SPEAKER_00: The truth is that there's no time like the present.
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  SPEAKER_00: We only have today.
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  SPEAKER_00: And just like grains of sand that are going through that hourglass, our days are slowly slipping through our fingers.
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  SPEAKER_00: We only have so many, so don't wait to write that book or write that blog post or write that email or text message that you've been putting off.
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  SPEAKER_00: Tomorrow is not promised.
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  SPEAKER_00: Here's today's challenge for you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Are you using your time today with an awareness that you will never get this day back?
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  SPEAKER_00: Definitely something to think about.
• 2:49
  SPEAKER_00: Now, one thing before I wrap up this episode that I want to mention quickly is that, you know, a lot of people, they have we all have different kinds of writing dreams, and a lot of people have dreamed for years and years of writing a novel or writing a story, or they've got these content or these ideas, but they don't know how to get it organized.
• 3:05
  SPEAKER_00: They don't know what to do with that content.
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  SPEAKER_00: And one of the ways that you can get started on making sense of that content, particularly if it's story-based, is using a really cool tool called Plotter.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now you may have heard me talk about Plotter before.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is the number one visual book planning software for writers that helps you plan books in the same way that you think.
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  SPEAKER_00: Plotter has a really cool intuitive visual interface that lets plotting be the creative process that it's supposed to be.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's a great tool not just for fiction authors, but also for nonfiction authors, for podcasters, speakers, and anybody creating content who wants to organize their material and their story points.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm currently using Plotter to work on my very first fiction book, and I'm really excited about it.
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  SPEAKER_00: So if you're ready to outline faster, get organized, and save loads of time when you're writing, go to plotter.com to start your free 14 day trial.
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  SPEAKER_00: All right, my friend, as always, thanks for listening, and I'll see you on the flip side.