I had this thought. What if I did this writing thing for 10 years. What if I continuously improved my writing a tiny bit every day for 10 years. I’d be really good at it right? The purpose of writing is to transfer information when you’re not there to say it verbally. We use it all the time for a load of different things.
The main thing I want to do is use writing as a start in growing the muscle of consistency. Consistency is the difference between those who succeed and those who don’t. Everyone who has achieved success in anything was consistent in their pursuit.
The thing that will get in the way of consistency is inaction. Consistency is only useful if you consistently take actions that move you a smidge closer to where you want to be. If you consistently get out your phone and scroll, you’ll get no where. If you consistently aim to improve your writing a little bit every day, then you’ll become great at it.
All of this is to say that I am going to be consistently writing an unrefined article every day for 10 years. Yes there will be times when I cannot post but at the end of the 10 years, I want to say that I posted something every single day for 10 years.
Why unrefined? Well. I’ll get in my own head about it being rubbish or come up with endless excuses. An unrefined article is easy. Just write and hit publish. That’s it. The getting better bit can come later, say in a month or so, and a month or so is not very long compared to the 10 years I’ll be doing this for.
Why 10 years? Well. The plan is to retire at 37. It all stems from the Bill Gates quote: “People overestimate what can be achieved in a year but underestimate what can be achieved in 10 years.”
I want to be financially free at the age of 37. This gives me 10 years to do something no one I know has done before. Sure, I see people online do it all the time. But to be financially free from the standard working life, I don’t know anyone who has done this.
I am going to need to make money in order to do this. In order to make money, you can trade your time as an employee to build someones business or you can build a business yourself and have someone do it for you.
In order to build a business, you need to do a lot of consistent action. This action has to be moving you towards the final destination. You need to be able to articulate your thoughts and make wise choices in order to know what action to take. Writing can force you to make your thoughts more tangible and make sense.
This is why I am writing an unrefined article every day for 10 years. Not as a diary. As a way to be a consistent person. As a way to take action in the direction I want to go. As a way to formulate and articulate my ideas in a way that aids wise decision making.
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