This was around 7 years ago when I was doing part-time ghost writing articles for another ghost writer/freelance writer. I didn't have the time to build a profile and get regular clients so I rode on their reputation and wrote for them while they do quality check.
In my mind, I just needed to kill time while being productive on top of studying medicine (as if the study of medicine wasn't already stressful as it is pre-AI era). Anyway, they too a cut per article and we had a 70/30 arrangement with me getting most of the share. It wasn't big money for small projects but the rewards not going to me accumulated.
I know the work I did in the past was worth more than what my manager was getting paid for but I didn't mind it at that time. I just wanted a side gig experience.
There I was researching to do "quality articles" based off using appropriate SEO keywords writing at least 5, 500 word articles talking about the same thing in different angles. I did this daily for several months even when I didn't felt like it or had no strong motivation for money.
But it paid off in ways where I just earned something on the sidelines because it became a system. There were several days I felt uninspired to write but I forced myself to and consistency pays. That's how I'm able to shitpost in less than 15 minutes or an hour some 500 word article because the task reward fast researchers and writers.
The pay still sucked but the skill of doing the daily grind years back is still with me. That's how I can still do daily outputs scheduled because I allot a single day to write a few posts in advance. Ideally, I write in days where I'm motivated to get things faster done but even in days where I drag my feet still works because a system exist and it's not dependent on motivation.
I capitalize on habit building to keep this systems running and the evidence is consistency. A life hack I did for blogging is tying it to whatever daily activities or thoughts that spur in the moment. I just write the phrase / thought in a noted pad on my phone and explore the idea later to post about.
This is attracting inspiration come to you from your ordinary activities. The exercise is having the skill to write consistently about anything. Once you have this base skill, you can figure out what topics you can write that are interesting built on top of the first.
Thanks for your time.
