How to get out of a rut.

gurus get it wrong

It felt like I was slipping away.

I’d lost interest in my work. I was getting continually rejected.

I couldn’t find that spark.

I was spending half the day watching YouTube videos in my boxer shorts.

I needed a change.

Back then, I’d follow the advice of online gurus on how to get out of a rut. They said I should write down my goals and find my purpose in life.

But this didn’t work for me. I was in a rut because I didn’t know what to do in the first place.

Finally, with a sense of desperation, I asked:

What can I do to lift myself out of this funk?

I knew I liked to write, but it wasn’t always easy. So I decided then and there to write two hundred words every day, no matter what.

I wouldn’t focus on the views, likes or results.

I’d just have one commitment — to get words down every day.

After a week, I felt better.

After two weeks, my confidence returned, and I began to see myself not as a ‘stuck person’ but a ‘daily writer.’

I was a daily writer because the evidence was indisputable.