Daily Self-Discipline

One recent discovery: if you want to establish a good habit and "grow" a skill or finish a project, make yourself do it every day, even if it's for a short time or it's only a brief act. This is obvious for exercisers who now know that getting a daily active regime is wise and keeps the habit alive, as it keeps the appetite open for more, more, more.

But this is also true for writers, job-seekers, and bloggers, especially true for bloggers.

It is not easy to blog daily. As much as we're tempted to drift into thinking this is just a personal journal, there's no getting around the fact that it's public, meaning anyone at any time could find you. What if that finder is someone you want to be found by? Can't happen without the daily entry.

Why daily? Somehow as a reader of news, I find yesterday's news DEAD. Where are you right now; who are you today?

And finally for writers, whose job is to churn it out, one piece of rhetorical insight at a time until there's something good on the page, daily is mandatory. So get going. Write it and publish it.