Four things I committed to do every day for 1 year

Starting on Monday, Nov 16, 2020 I will…

…every day for 1 year.

Updates (updated daily)

General update

In week 1, I did not sing or hand-draw at all. I was only able to spend at least 30 minutes doing Arabic daily (with the exception of Wednesday). This showed what I’m capable of - timewise and energywise.

To be clear: I also did not write+voice a voiceover ad at all but since writing ads is def something I want to get bet better ad (in general) I’m still in on the commitment of doing it daily even if I only start it in week 2.

And I explained in detail what the result of this first week was here: https://naii.io/broke/.

30 minutes of Arabic

Week 1

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2020–11–20: Day 5

2020–11–19: Day 4

2020–11–18: Day 3

2020–11–17: Day 2

2020–11–16: Day 1

I practiced simple phrases like “hello, how are you?” (marhabaan kayf halik) or “yes, I speak a little Arabic” (nem ’ana ’atahadath qalilaan min alearabia).

Writing and voicing an ad

Week 1

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2020–11–20: Day 5

2020–11–19: Day 4

2020–11–18: Day 3

2020–11–17: Day 2

2020–11–16: Day 1

Day 1 of this commitment didn’t happen because I took a nap (I felt tired) which took 3+ hours and then it was already too late to do it and/or I felt not enegetic enough to do it.

Singing Coldplay’s “Magic”

2020–11–16: Day 1

Day 1 of this commitment didn’t happen because I took a nap (I felt tired) which took 3+ hours and then it was already too late to do it and/or I felt not enegetic enough to do it.

Hand-drawing “Keep following up”

2020–11–16: Day 1

Day 1 of this commitment didn’t happen because I took a nap (I felt tired) which took 3+ hours and then it was already too late to do it and/or I felt not enegetic enough to do it.


It’s important to note that I’m aiming for ~70% percent quality for each of them.

And I stay focussed rather than being scattered:

Focus > scattered

Why?

  1. Constraint boosts creativity
  2. Quantity leads to quality
  3. Action comes before motivation/inspiration
  4. Thinking is a form of procrastination

© 2020+ I’m Alexander Kluge - born 37 years ago.

I have no children or a wife but a 12-year old baby named naii.io, my web hub that is also my online business entity/identity. As a solo artist I go by the alter ego iian.in.

For story-production-related stories I’m using the shell of my Story production company Susé Patrola.

Business-wise, I’m currently spending most of time writing email copy for 2 clients (at emailcopywriter.io) and SEO texts for another client of mine.

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