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The Catalyst That Helped Me Break Free from Time-Wasting Habits
I used to spend an atrocious amount of time on YouTube.
At the time, truthfully, I was feeling stuck in life.
Everyday felt the same.
At 5pm, I’d come home exhausted from the commute, flop on the couch, and scroll YouTube endlessly.
I had all kinds of excuses for wasting time like this. I was “watching the news” (I need to be informed, after all!), then I’d think “…now I need to relax,” and then “just one more…”
It was a form of escape. I hated the way it made me feel stuck in a rut and like I was wasting my time.
I needed something bigger to care about
The problem was, I didn’t know exactly how I should be spending my time.
I worked out on occasion, which felt good.
Buy beyond that, I didn’t have a goal I was trying to achieve.
That’s when I discovered online writing.
Ironically, it was a recommendation I saw on YouTube for Nicolas Cole’s book The Art and Business of Online Writing that complete changed my perspective.
