How to use your personality traits to form an unbreakable writing habit:
Writing is a skill we all learn from a tender young age.
Yet most of us grow to dislike or even despise doing it.
Education beats it into us that writing is a chore and a task that may only help you gain a university place or specific job.
But lots of you are awakening...
Yet most of us grow to dislike or even despise doing it.
Education beats it into us that writing is a chore and a task that may only help you gain a university place or specific job.
But lots of you are awakening...
Writing is an all-powerful technique that our ancestors used to tame wisdom.
It's leading to many people breaking free from the matrix today.
But you just can't bring yourself to do it every day.
You get reminded of your teacher telling you to rewrite phrase after phrase.
It's leading to many people breaking free from the matrix today.
But you just can't bring yourself to do it every day.
You get reminded of your teacher telling you to rewrite phrase after phrase.
You need to reprogram the way you look at writing.
Today, I want to cover a hypothesis I have.
I believe when you're trying to build an enjoyable writing habit, you have to tender it to your personality.
Allow me to explain:
Today, I want to cover a hypothesis I have.
I believe when you're trying to build an enjoyable writing habit, you have to tender it to your personality.
Allow me to explain:
Countless writing advice online today is generic and useless.
It doesn't get to the root of who you are as a person.
Writing for me isn't the same as it is for you.
But today, I'm going to show you how to harness your personality to build a habit you can't shake.
Let's begin:
It doesn't get to the root of who you are as a person.
Writing for me isn't the same as it is for you.
But today, I'm going to show you how to harness your personality to build a habit you can't shake.
Let's begin:
I'm going to address personality from the Big 5 perspective.
Our personalities can be broken down into 5 main traits:
- Extraversion
- Agreeableness
- Openness
- Conscientiousness
- Neuroticism
A reminder - these are all on a spectrum.
Let's dive deeper into each one:
Our personalities can be broken down into 5 main traits:
- Extraversion
- Agreeableness
- Openness
- Conscientiousness
- Neuroticism
A reminder - these are all on a spectrum.
Let's dive deeper into each one:
Extraversion
This is how outgoing you are and how energised you are by social situations.
If you're more extroverted, you'll relish going out and engaging people.
The more introverted you are, the more you'll require solitude to recouperate that energy.
This is how outgoing you are and how energised you are by social situations.
If you're more extroverted, you'll relish going out and engaging people.
The more introverted you are, the more you'll require solitude to recouperate that energy.
If you're more extroverted, you need to write about your experiences.
Being able to flourish in social situations allows extroverts to discover deep patterns in others behaviour.
This makes for great third person story material.
Being able to flourish in social situations allows extroverts to discover deep patterns in others behaviour.
This makes for great third person story material.
If you're more introverted, try to focus your writing more on ideas.
Ideas are deep wormholes that require concentration and precision.
Introverted people love going down into the details of concepts and structures.
Ideas are deep wormholes that require concentration and precision.
Introverted people love going down into the details of concepts and structures.
Openness
This personality trait is also known as the creativity dimension.
People high in this trait adore discovering new experiences and places, as well as being highly creative.
People lower in this dimension like patterns and routines. They don't like to break convention.
This personality trait is also known as the creativity dimension.
People high in this trait adore discovering new experiences and places, as well as being highly creative.
People lower in this dimension like patterns and routines. They don't like to break convention.
If you're higher in Openness, you've got to allow your mind the right to wander.
Try using a Mind Dump journalling exercise every morning.
If you're lower in Openness, don't force yourself into a crazy writing routine.
Write about 1 or 2 topics that completely fascinate you.
Try using a Mind Dump journalling exercise every morning.
If you're lower in Openness, don't force yourself into a crazy writing routine.
Write about 1 or 2 topics that completely fascinate you.
Agreeableness
This trait determines how likely you are to go against the social grain.
People higher in agreeableness dislike conflict and try to make the peace.
People lower in agreeableness won't sugarcoat anything. It's the truth or nothing.
This trait determines how likely you are to go against the social grain.
People higher in agreeableness dislike conflict and try to make the peace.
People lower in agreeableness won't sugarcoat anything. It's the truth or nothing.
If you're higher in agreeableness, look for patterns across multiple works of writing and attempt to unionise them.
If you're lower in agreeableness, allow your thoughts to flow. Be bullish but respectful in your opinions.
If you're lower in agreeableness, allow your thoughts to flow. Be bullish but respectful in your opinions.
The first 3 are traits you want to appeal to.
Give these parts of your personality the comfort and freedom to dance as they please.
The next 2 are slightly different.
I want you to counter these; to go against them.
Give these parts of your personality the comfort and freedom to dance as they please.
The next 2 are slightly different.
I want you to counter these; to go against them.
Neuroticism
The trait which tells us how prone to negative emotion you are.
People high in neuroticism feel negative emotions such as depression and anxiety strongly.
People low in neuroticism are more care-free. They don't allow negative situations to derail the train.
The trait which tells us how prone to negative emotion you are.
People high in neuroticism feel negative emotions such as depression and anxiety strongly.
People low in neuroticism are more care-free. They don't allow negative situations to derail the train.
If you're high in neuroticism, you want to start gratitude journaling.
Take 5 minutes every day to write down what you're damn grateful for in this world.
If you're low in neuroticism, you want to confront your shadow.
This helps you to process your real darker side.
Take 5 minutes every day to write down what you're damn grateful for in this world.
If you're low in neuroticism, you want to confront your shadow.
This helps you to process your real darker side.
Conscientiousness
The trait which tells us how industrious and orderly you are.
People high in conscientiousness love things the way they should be. Order, routine, hard work.
People low in conscientiousness are disorderly and messy.
The trait which tells us how industrious and orderly you are.
People high in conscientiousness love things the way they should be. Order, routine, hard work.
People low in conscientiousness are disorderly and messy.
If you're high in conscientiousness, carry a notebook where you go and practice writing observationally, breaking your routine.
If you're low in conscientiousness, commit to writing at the same time every day. No fucking excuses. 5 minutes. That's all it takes.
If you're low in conscientiousness, commit to writing at the same time every day. No fucking excuses. 5 minutes. That's all it takes.
If we don't tailor writing to our personalities, our mind will find a way to fight back and justify the dislike of writing.
So make it about you.
3 traits allowed to flourish
2 traits to tame
So make it about you.
3 traits allowed to flourish
2 traits to tame
If you follow the advice I've given, you'll write with more regularity and more enjoyment.
This doesn't have to just apply to writing. You can hack your personality to introduce a myriad of wonderful habits to your life.
This doesn't have to just apply to writing. You can hack your personality to introduce a myriad of wonderful habits to your life.
That's all from me today, gang.
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