Tag: Discipline

Hello, everyone! Sorry I’m a little late with this post! I just started school, and I’ve been pretty busy.

Today I’m going to talk about writing discipline, and then later on I’ll share some exciting news!

Here’s the Deal

Sometimes, you just don’t want to do it. You don’t want to wake up early, get ready, and go to work. You don’t want to get up and go to school. You don’t want to get your computer and work on your book or story.

Here’s the thing: everybody has those “off” days. Days where you just can’t do it. When you feel like you just can’t get the inspiration and motivation to write. Well, good news, friends! I’ve got some tips for you!

Tips and Tricks

1. Take a day off. One day won’t hurt that much. Especially if you don’t have a deadline. If you do, you could at least take a couple of hours to yourself.
2. Spark your creativity by reading this post I wrote.
3. Don’t work as long as you usually do. If you usually work for a couple of hours, try only one hour. My motto is: If you can’t do it well, then don’t do it. If you make yourself write, it won’t sound right, and it might not be correct grammar and spelling.
4. Learn to love writing. One way to do this is to write in a journal every morning or night. Think of a topic, and just write down every thought that has to do with that subject.

Steps to Create Discipline

1. Set up a time to write every day. You could set a reminder or alarm on your phone to help you remember.
2. Write somewhere you won’t be distracted.
3. Decide how long you’ll write each day.
4. Have a trial run to make sure that the time you decided on isn’t too long or not long enough.
5. Set up a place to keep track of how long and when you write. If you’re a bullet journalist, then you could keep track of it in your bullet journal.
6. Ready, set, write! Make sure that you be consistent and write every day, if you can.
7. Set up a time to journal or write about a specific topic every day. I have a book full of writing prompts, and I like to do it right after I get up every day.

Discipline is very important. If you slack off for even one day, you probably won’t be very motivated to write the next day.

A Few Other Things…

First of all, September is a very important month for me. And here’s why…

I’ve been bullet journaling for a year! I can’t believe it! Now, please keep in mind that I didn’t bullet journal every single day. There were some days that I just didn’t have time to bullet journal. But I always made sure I got caught up.

This means two things.

One, this is my last month in my first bullet journal. At the beginning of October, I’ll be moving to a new journal!

Two, to celebrate, I’m going to start a series of posts all about (you guessed it!) bullet journaling! The posts ahead are going to be filled with tips and tricks and fun pages for you to try out! So make sure you stick with me for new and fun posts!

Alright, last but not least, I’m afraid I’m not going to be able to get a post out every week. I need time to adjust to my new school schedule, and adjust to the new curriculum as well. I will still post, just not as regularly as I usually do. It’ll probably be every other week. And this is only temporary, until I get used to everything. Thank you for understanding!

I’m not sure when I will start my new series, but it will be soon!

Do you have writing discipline? Do you need to develop writing discipline? Do you have any extra tips? How long have you been bullet journaling? Tell me in the comments!

Thanks for reading! Happy writing!

Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. Psalm 127:1 ESV