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What Substack missed about writing habits
The promise of habit - writing consistently without the need for willpower & effort. But writing habits are about more than output. Here's how to build…
Sep 27
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Bec Evans
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Tip 5: Bright-line goal setting
Make your writing goals clear and unambiguous so you can't miss them.
Sep 25
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Chris Smith
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Bec Evans
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Failing to focus & write? It’s not your fault.
Why productivity hacks aren’t always the solution & how building resilience takes a community not just personal action.
Sep 20
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Bec Evans
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Chris Smith
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Tip 5: Design a shut down ritual
Let's inject some magic into your writing day with ritual, inspiration from Cal Newport to bookend your day, leave work at your desk and reduce stress.
Sep 18
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Chris Smith
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Bec Evans
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What does resilience mean?
Defining resilience not as the power to tough things out but the vulnerability to ask for help. Angela Duckworth updates 'grit', we ask a favour for the…
Sep 13
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Chris Smith
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Bec Evans
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Tip 4: Visualise your writing goal
The first step in setting a goal is to dream big - here's how.
Sep 11
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Chris Smith
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Bec Evans
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Why choose to do hard things?
When a crisis of confidence hits and you want to give up - the benefits of keeping going. A month of resilience-themed posts.
Sep 6
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Chris Smith
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Bec Evans
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Tip 3: The cliff-hanger effect
How unresolved actions keep you writing.
Sep 4
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Bec Evans
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Chris Smith
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August 2023
How to distract a lizard
Why distraction is normal and how our brains protect us from hard things. Why I am procrastinating plus lots of links on distraction which might be…
Aug 30
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Bec Evans
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Tip 2: How to find distraction-busting solutions
Grab your notebook - we're channelling your inner improv troupe to find solutions to distraction.
Aug 28
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Bec Evans
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Chris Smith
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How to stop getting distracted
Distraction hacks! Inspirational inventions to prevent procrastination. While there isn’t one tip that will magically stop distractions, there is…
Aug 23
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Tips from the Writer's Sandbox: Managing distraction
You're happily writing away but then for one reason or another, you get distracted by 'that urgent task over there'. So what do you do?
Aug 21
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Chris Smith
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Bec Evans
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