Crappy Words Are Greater Than None

"Two hundred crappy words a day!". This quote keeps playing on repeat in my mind. I read a book quoting an author who wrote over 70 novels in his lifetime. When asked how he managed to do it, he said, "Two hundred crappy words a day".

These words are haunting and annoying. The truth of the matter is, I don't want to write two hundred crappy words a day. I want to write two hundred inspiring, thought-provoking, life-changing words a day. Guess how many of these inspiring, thought-provoking, life-changing words I have written in the last month? None! Not only have I not written any of THOSE types of words, I haven't written ANY words. That is why this author's quote haunts me.

How many words could I have written by now if I had applied this principle to my life when it originally presented itself? Well, if I stuck to only two hundred words and accounted for 30 days in a month, I could have written at least six thousand words.It doesn't take a mathematician to figure that six thousand words is far greater than no words at all. But, to actually sit down and write these crappy words and read these crappy words annoys me.

Now that I've broke through the haunting and annoying feelings and set my entitled attitude aside, I've decided two hundred crappy words is exactly what I need to not only get over myself, but push myself into a realm of creativity I've only dreamed of being a part of for far too long.