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If you struggle to find the enthusiasm to create every day, read this

3 min readApr 20, 2025

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I recently made the public commitment to my YouTube subscribers that I’d be recording and sharing a daily video this year.

That’s a big commitment and has made me question my sanity in the last couple of days.

What was I thinking?

Today, I sat down on a park bench here in Poland to settle myself in to record another point-and-shoot talking video.

All morning I’d been thinking of excuses to make to my subscribers so I didn’t have to do it.

It all seemed so pointless.

I wasn’t excited at all.

I’ve already made over 360 videos. Why more?

What else could I possibly talk about that would bring value to people?

That’s when an idea struck me.

I’d talk about how I encourage myself when I can’t be assed to make content.

Yes, I know. It’s a bit meta. But here we are.

Knowing this one thing always re-energises me and helps me put out new stuff that I otherwise may have avoided sharing.

Ready for that one thing?

It’s this:

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Alex Mathers
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