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I am done stopping and starting again
There was this day I gave up on so many things, not just on writing, but on myself.
Every time I promised to be consistent, I'd keep going for a few days, then life would happen, excuses will set in
I'd disappear, return with fresh determination, write again, and disappear once more. After repeating that cycle for years, I began to wonder if consistency was something other people were born with or it something like a spiritual fight, lol 馃槀
Then I watched a podcast that challenged the way I viewed progress. It wasn't a magical speech nor a list of success secrets, it was all on building CONSISTENCY.
Paying my attention to it simply reminded me that the biggest barrier to growth isn't always failure, it is the fear of starting afresh, the fear of keeping the streak on a constant basis
That realization stayed with me.
I don't think this is only a writer's struggle, I think it's a human one.
How many times have we started a business, a fitness journey, a course, a savings plan, or a personal goal, only to stop because life became overwhelming?
We tell ourselves we'll begin again on Monday, next month, or when things are "less busy." Before we know it, months have passed, and we're standing at another starting line.
The truth is, every time we stop, we lose more than momentum, we lose confidence. We begin to question our ability, not because we aren't capable, but because we've trained ourselves to associate beginnings with quitting.
Growth doesn't ask us to be perfect, it asks us to keep showing up.
Some days you'll make huge progress, other days, simply showing up will be the victory either ways other days count.
So I've made a decision not to please anyone but myself that, i'm done chasing perfect streaks. I'm done waiting to feel motivated before I take action. I would rather make small progress every day than keep making impressive starts that never last.
Maybe you needed this reminder as much as I did.
You see your dream doesn't need another passionate beginning, it needs the version of you who chooses not to quit this time.
Because the future we hope for is often built by the small, ordinary decisions we make today
