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Tim, I love your writing routine. I've tried to write first thing in the morning too but it doesn't always work for me. It feels like sometimes I need to gain a few impressions from the day before an idea comes to my mind. Who knows, this might change if I write for a decade like you.

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I feel like time of day doesn't matter too much. There are night owls. But you prefer afternoon?

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Around lunch is when my best ideas come. Thing is, I'd love to have a new story ready in the morning. I love the sense of accomplishment once the day begins. It works with my early morning runs. But my brain complicates this writing thing haha :)

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Love this. Strange time of day.

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Hey Denis, food for thought here. I use an app called readwise to store and tag all of my book notes or thoughts. One of my tags is "newsletters" where I can quickly find pieces of articles, books, quotes or thoughts that caught my attention and made me think. Just reading a few of those in the morning usually sparks something I can at least start writing about. Hope this helps 😊

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I just checked out the app - you synchronize your e-books with Readwise, correct? This is an ingenious way of keeping notes. Thanks for letting me know.

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This really hits home. As a multi-passionate person, staying obsessively focused on one goal can be hard. I have to constantly remind myself that I can accomplish many goals consecutively, but not simultaneously.

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Jul 2Liked by Tim Denning

I’d be interested to know why you were fired from your job .They did you change your attitude .Or just your job.

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No real reason. Middle management got removed to save money. My boss was odd too. You never really know.

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This is my husband in the 9-5 or 8-8 like you said miserable and me with the book that didn’t make me rich and writing on medium till I’m blue in the face, while also obtaining my masters in education (my passion is writing) but isn’t paying the bills.

Needed this and need direction for my writing!

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Writing works Melissa but most people choose thr wrong vehicle. Books and Medium are two examples.

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Jul 2Liked by Tim Denning

Another impactful piece, Tim. I needed this reminder, thank you!

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What helped the most?

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Focusing on 1 goal. I tend to over estimate my bandwidth and take on too much. End up scattered and nowhere.

This 👇

“The more I’ve deleted all my other goals in life and gone all in on one goal, the more success I’ve had.”

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One well placed “poo my pants” or “piss all over themselves” holds so much power. I show up for the lols but I keep coming back for the good advice. 👌

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I just quit another job. My only goal right now is to continue writing and get better at it. I have no idea where that’ll take me in the future, but hopefully I’ll figure it out in time

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Spot on @Tim Denning - plus, too much online information (little knowledge or wisdom) destroys attention and focus and =>>> overwhelm. Having one goal means you're forced to claw back your attention and do that one thing! You do offer wisdom!

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Love your focus Tim!

I also wake up early - but definitely need to see the Sunrise before I do anything else. Then I get to tackling my goal. I also find that thoughts flow more easily when writing at night.

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I love the specificity of your goal. It sent me off into quite a few mental meanderings about my own goals. Which ones to cull, what I really want, and how to make it hyper specific. Good thoughts. Thank you, Tim.

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I totally agree with you! I've been saying that I hate mediocrity for so long, without the fear of being considered an asshole, but it still amazes me to see how people ENJOY being mediocre. I never wanted to be one of those and will never be. I want more!

I struggle to focus, and that's why I created a routine for myself. I even created a method that works for me and would definitely work for anyone interested: I glued a huge calendar on the wall I look at the most, and I have ONE goal written on the top of it. If I worked on my goal, I painted the day; if not, it stays blank. It reminds me that I failed myself that day for some reason and can't fail twice.

It has done miracles for me. I switched to a new career, and now I'm using it to get closer to my biggest dream. I've been telling people about that for ages, but they prefer to complain on Twitter about not having time instead of doing what they have to do.

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You hit the nail on the head, Tim! I put brakes on my hamster wheel and parked it. When I feel like I have too much to do, I ask myself what is really important. Then, I head on that direction. Thankfully, my detours are short 👌

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Overwhelmed due to no clarity or no clarity because of being overwhelmed 😕

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Vicious cycle to break and get out of.

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This really brought a lot of clarity for me. It's so true we are always chasing too many goals that we don't even know why. Thanks for sharing this.

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Great stuff. I think this is better and more important than putting your obsession to work. Climbing is my obsession, but I'm not a good enough climber to make it my business. The goal "to have enough time and money to be able to climb as much as I want" could work.

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