Affirmations are a shortcut to that whole goal-writing, goal-checking process.

By writing out a simple goal, and repeating it to yourself every day, you’re hacking your brain, getting it focused on what’s important, and ignoring what isn’t.

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there’s only one real difference between a published author and the person who aspires to be a published author: writing the words.

No one ever gets talker's block. No one wakes up in the morning, discovers he has nothing to say and sits quietly, for days or weeks, until the muse hits, until the moment is right, until all the craziness in his life has died down. Why then, is writer's block endemic?

You cannot, under any circumstances, worry about anything beyond the one thing: Your job is to write.

What it takes to develop a daily writing habit, just like getting into shape, is commitment to doing the work. And because writing is hard, it takes a commitment to causing ourselves a bit of pain and discomfort.

Always keep refining, until your affirmation represents your real goals and ambitions as an author.

Regardless, you can see that the current iteration of my affirmation is infinitely more nuanced than where it started: I will be a wealthy author. That one is shorter, obviously, but also less focused. It was also projecting into the future, instead of claiming the goal for right now. It was originally focused more on who I would be rater than who