The key is to carve out a very small period of time for writing each day, putting it in both your physical and mental calendars, and convincing yourself that having that time is a way of taking care of yourself”(p.
Plan to write “daily.” Eric Hayot suggests, “Write daily. This is the oldest trick in the book: accomplish psychologically difficult tasks by making them habitual. … Writing every day is difficult because everyone has any number of other things to do, most of which frighten them much less than writing. The key is to carve out a very small period of time for writing each day, putting it in both your physical and mental calendars, and convincing yourself that having that time is a way of taking care of yourself”(p. 18-19). Like Jensen, Hayot recommends “protecting your writing time vigorously, both from others and from yourself” (p. 19).