Stop Reading About Success

I keep finding myself scrolling through Medium, reading every article I can find about how to be successful. Today I realized that this is such an easy trap to fall into. The same is true for YouTube videos advising you on how to be successful and make an income on YouTube. Don’t get me wrong, the content creators that do this have a lot of experience and skills to share with the world. If you are genuinely stuck, these experts can help show you the way to success.

But here is where it gets dangerous.

I have spent many hours reading these articles, and I have spent zero hours actually writing.

Success doesn’t come from learning about success, or hearing about someone else’s success. Finding inspiration is absolutely a part of the process, but it is not the entire process.

I occasionally wonder why my articles don’t do well on Medium. The harsh reality is I just don’t post that much content.

In my mind, I’m waiting for the perfect topic to come around, then I will write an article.

But what if I just wrote everyday? Even just a short article about random things. The thoughts that I have would be out there in the world for anyone to find, instead of just floating around in my head, inevitably being forgotten five minutes later.

So I am going to try to start writing something- anything- everyday.

Who knows what could happen?