Here's a personal story that goes along with my previous tweet.
For a long time I was focused on metrics, I made them the indicators of my success whether in blogging, life, or business.
Until I realized it was pointless to worry about how many people read my articles, it was simply something out of my control, what I could do though.....
was write 10 high-quality articles a month and those would get me to where I wanted. And so I acted.
Writing articles was something I could control directly. Bounce rates, views, and other metrics I could not.
Now I'm proud to say I surpassed my previous ........
indicators. While the subconscious is still setting the indicators, I've decided to do what I can and leave the rest to God and my articles. While we are on this note, I write tech and lifestyle articles, go check them out here: stephenajulu.com/blog
In response to my previous tweet. It's important that you become aware of your own distractions that prevent you from achieving your full potential and building your purpose.
Mine is a whole bunch, from the 9 to 5, to manwas and more. While I'm not quitting my 9 to 5 any time...
I do have a plan to quit it. Currently I'm quiting other bad habits, such as procrastination.
Disclaimer: Don't take too many things off your plate. It could lead you to relapse. Unless you have the will power to cold turkey everything don't do it.
A good approach is to take 3 bad habits and replace them with 3 good habits. Watch yourself for a month and if you stick to the good habits, reward yourself with something you've always wanted.
If you're a guy, a steak is good, or a good pair of trousers, whatever it is. Do it.
I've been procrastinating my purpose. Until this year. All it took was one decision, to go all in.
I've made my goals according to @thedankoe technique where you write your goals, starting from your 10 year goals, your one year goals, your monthly goals, your daily goals.
So far, I can say that working on your self is the hardest but also the most interesting thing you can do.
I've had to break down solid belief systems and habits I made over the years and replace them with new beliefs and habits.
At the end of the day: You are your habits.
As @thedankoe says, distractions are everywhere. It took me taking the longest leave possible to realize that my 9 to 5 was a distraction. The pay was a distraction.
I let myself get distracted from my purpose and made myself complacent.
Finally wrote my 200th blog post. Sure it may seem small but it's been a battle and perseverance has been my only soldier. Here's my blogging story:
In 2016, I took up blogging, back then it was simply a "make money through affiliate marketing" scheme. I struggled to write and wrote anything that came to mind, I was an avid researcher and my niche was wide. I was doing fashion, health, tech, and more.
As time went by I switched a lot, there was a time my sole focus was tech then another on fashion. Eventually, I started to lose steam.
I had written 30 articles and wondered why I wasn't making money. I spent a whole year not writing anything until I got paid.