Each day I wake up and have a cup of coffee while I read the news and check my email (articles about early morning email be damned!).

Inevitably, I end up reading the Medium newsletter — curated just for me!

In the newsletter, I find articles about setting goals and building habits, most of which rotate between the same few topics and tactics. One of the most common writing topics I see is creating a daily writing habit.

Articles on this topic explain why it’s important, how it’s made that person successful, and how to create this habit for yourself.

But, why not take a different approach?

Sure, a daily writing habit helps and obviously worked for that person, but, you’re not that person.

You probably spend eight hours a day, five days a week, at job and are trying to get this writing thing started on the side. You still want to do things with family and friends. You still want to watch Altered Carbon on Netflix, so you’re not left out of the water cooler discussion.

So, I propose that you DON’T create a daily writing habit. At least, not right now.

Read more at: http://www.thereadywriters.net/forget-daily-writing-habits-try-instead/