How I continue to write and improve without going crazy

Alex Mathers
2 min readNov 1, 2024

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People say I’m a great writer.

But I didn’t pop out the womb writing banger articles.

I wrote 400 crap articles before even expecting a nice comment.

This takes many, many moments of looking at my droopy face in the mirror and asking myself, ‘is this shit worth it?’

But I continued to write every day even when I’d rather slap myself repeatedly with a wet haddock.

Even if it wasn’t much good at all. I just took a deep breath, let go of the thoughts that said I sucked, and hit ‘send.’

I wrote when my heart wasn’t in it.

I wrote with a crackle in my chest when all I wanted to do was write.

I wrote, not to get attention or make money as the main priority.

I didn’t write to be the best writer I could be.

I wrote to become the best, period.

I still view this as my goal. And it’s a lifelong craft.

And that’s what I love about the whole thing. CRAFT speaks to me, and it drives me to write a ton more.

I must be up to about 800 online articles now.

It’s nowhere near up there with the writing animal that is my friend Tim_Denning

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Alex Mathers
Alex Mathers

Written by Alex Mathers

Helping you develop a consistent writing habit with impact. Regular tips: https://www.masteryden.com

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