WEEK 25
Day 169: On Stopping at the Right Moment to Help You Tomorrow
The best way is always to stop when you are going good and when you know what will happen next. If you do that every day when you are writing a novel you will never be stuck. That is the most valuable thing I can tell you so try to remember it.
One simple trick a writer can use to help him or her resume writing the next day is to stop in the middle of a sentence that leads to a clear conclusion. This way, when they sit down to write the next time, there won’t be any writer’s block: they can gain momentum right away by finishing the sentence.
This advice can be helpful for non-writers, too.
Each day when you’re finishing your work, leave an easy, unimportant task half-finished so that you can immediately begin to work on it the next day with little to no resistance.
If you’re reading a book about an important skill you want to learn, stop in the middle of an easy chapter, not a difficult one.
If you want to improve your nutritional habits but your busyness often leads you to eat less than healthy breakfasts, prepare a small, healthy breakfast the evening before.
Make it easy for you to resume your activity the next day, and you’ll rarely, if ever, struggle to get started.