1638: What I Learned from Writing Every Day by Isaac Morehouse on Personal Development & Growth Mindset

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🗓️ 5 June 2020

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Isaac Morehouse shares what he learned from writing every day. Episode 1638: What I Learned from Writing Every Day by Isaac Morehouse on Personal Development & Growth Mindset Isaac Morehouse is the founder and CEO of Praxis, an awesome startup apprenticeship program making degrees irrelevant for careers. He is dedicated to the relentless pursuit of freedom. He's written some books, done some podcasting, and is always experimenting with self-directed living and learning. When he's not with his wife and kids or building his company, he can be found smoking cigars, playing guitars, singing, reading, writing, getting angry watching sports teams from his home state of Michigan, or enjoying the beach. The original post is located here: https://isaacmorehouse.com/2016/02/26/what-i-learned-from-writing-every-day/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 1638.
0:03.2	What I learned from writing every day by Isaac Morehouse of IsaacMorehouse.com
0:08.7	and I'm Justin Malik. The eye has been reading articles, book excerpts, essays, sometimes stories,
0:13.9	every day including holidays for over four years. If you find value in it,
0:17.7	I'd greatly appreciate it if you can share it with friends, family, co-workers, anyone really.
0:23.2	I don't keep this intro nice and short, so let's get right to it and start optimizing your life.
0:30.2	What I learned from writing every day by Isaac Morehouse of IsaacMorehouse.com
0:38.8	A few years ago, I started blogging every day. Then I stopped to focus my energy on launching
0:44.3	praxis, so I told myself, my productivity and happiness began to lag so I started daily blogging
0:50.9	again. Then I stopped again because I wanted to take the time to write more long-form pieces,
0:56.4	so I told myself, my productivity and happiness began to lag again, so I started again.
1:02.7	The first hint was six months of unbroken daily blogging. The second hint after a six-month
1:07.8	hiatus was a year of unbroken daily blogging. I just started up again after less than a month off
1:13.8	because I couldn't stand it any longer. A few of the more valuable things I've learned from
1:17.9	the practice of daily blogging? Selfishness. Seems like it'd be impossible to have something to
1:23.5	write every day. In fact, it almost feels arrogant to try. The voices inside began to mock,
1:29.0	oh sure, everyone really wants to hear what you have to say every single day.
1:33.6	If I get stuck asking what everyone or anyone else wants, I'll never produce anything.
1:38.5	Not happiness either. I shut out the voices by reminding myself that I write because it changes me.
1:45.1	I don't write as a mission to the world, or a gift of humanity, or a calling card for business,
1:50.4	or to impress my wife, Lord knows that doesn't work, or to prove my point to anyone. I write for me.
1:56.5	I write because doing so every day makes me more of the person I want to be. Self-knowledge.
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