Pile of Index Cards

ref. : Inertia of writing
ref. : Avalanche writing

Every single morning, I feel difficulty with start writing. Consciously or subconsciously, whatever. I used to spent long time to start writing with thinking “what I should write…”. In terrible case, I couldn’t write even single card.

One day, I found there is a tip to overcome it. The answer is simple : just start writing. Anything is o.k. All I need is just pick up a pen and card, and start.

But same time, if I say “let’s start writing”, I feel a certain resistance. Rather, I say for myself “let’s start from diary“. More precisely, I start from a weather of the day, like “Fine”, “Cloudy” etc. In Japanese, it is just two or three letters (晴れ or くもり). Then record what happen in the morning, say “got up 7:00″ “arrive at office 8:30″, on the same card. It’s not difficult, too. Just describe without thinking. That way, I fill a first card of the day. And it’s enough to start avalanche of writing.

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