CONSISTENCY IS IMPORTANT

It's 5:30 am, I've been awake since 4 am. Wondering what to write. I know I need to write something.

That's what I signed up to do everyday. So I literally spent over an hour and half before I could punch the keypad.

Been pacing all around the room. Tried some few exercises. My mind isn't even within the room. It has travelled on a journey.

A journey beyond borders on how I would get favour from any friend to meet a financial need. So I have to and down again. Very restless. Who do I meet to help me with some money?

So I came back to sit. Grabbed my phone, scrolled through instagram, through facebook. I am supposed to be on my jotterpad drafting an article to post.

So I said to myself, my audience do not care if I go through any situation or not. Do I actually need them to care?

Well, I don't think so. I just need to spare 30 minutes of this whole thinking and worrying to write this article that would prove helpful to someone.

Fine, I could give a thousand seemingly-tangible excuse for not writing today and no one would sue me.

What if I give this excuse today? Would it not give room for another tomorrow?

Matter of fact, I write awesome inspiring contents yet get a few like. "They should pay to even read this", I tell myself sometimes.

It's actually worth quitting.

You know what?

It's not going to be a wise decision to quit just because despite my quality write-ups, I still get a few likes.

I would not be making sense by quitting all because I have a financial need to meet.

The goal was to have a large audience via my writings and I have to stand by it since the first minute I made the decision.

Either anyone reads or not, I write.

It's not stupidity. It's just consistency. Yes, I wouldn't let discouragement cloud my vision neither would it deter my goal.

So, I checked how many words I have written so far and it's about 400. The goal was at least 500 daily.

I couldn't have gotten to this point if I didn't punch the keys. I would still be worrying. I would still be complaining how no one is reading what I write.

But I've written today anyways and it's not up to 20 minutes.

I actually know I'm not alone. It's not pretty easy when you live in a country like this to stay sane.

You could easily turn back and give up. It's not abnormal to have that feeling.

When you get to that point, just remind yourself of the goal and the decision you made.

I think it's worth focusing on than the problem at hand.

You have to remind yourself that you need to be consistent, hence opportunity may come one day at that same spot and would not meet you there as you used to be there everyday.

What if someone sees my writing today and meets the need?

What if someone tells someone to tell someone and it all works out this morning and I have nothing to worry about?

I actually cannot say. All I know is that I took the jotter and I still wrote amidst all.

That's the power of consistency.

Learn from it too. Keep pushing!

Ajayi Joel.