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I’ll start with a confession.

When I started the **Mini Motivation** series - one morning post of roughly 300 words everyday, done within the first 21 minutes of waking up - I wrote an extra piece, just in case there was a day when I wake up, and for whatever reason, I couldn’t write. 

Lack of ideas, late, overcommitment, or, as much as I hate to say this, *Picky Writer’s Block* (if you’d been to any of my Steemit Bootcamps, I would say Writer’s Block is BS, because everyone can write. It’s just a matter if it’s good shit, or bad shit. Hence’s the pickiness).

So I had kept it for a couple of months (I wrote my spare somewhere around the first week of the challenge), and I had to post it yesterday because I woke up late. Work was crazy too and I had been up late at night for a few weeks, plus I was going through some personal stuff, and it just came tumbling down in the form of totally missing my alarm clocks.

After I posted yesterday, I was hesitant to write another backup piece, because for the longest time, I *struggled* to not use it. Yup, there were many occasions when I woke up tired (usually a result of 3 hours sleeps) and I just feel like giving up for that day, and want to just use the backup piece. But on those numerous occasions, I decided to push on.

Then I realised that having a backup piece - a safety net - though gave me a sense of assurance, had also been a cripple to my commitment. I know I can just give up for one day (like yesterday morning), and still have an entire day to catch up, but that essentially meant me breaking my streak.

So here on out, I add another criteria to my “morning journal” challenge - **no safety net, no backup posts**. It’s now or never.

*How would it turn out?* Frankly you gotta stay tune and see how long the streak lasts.

I also started thinking, *in what other areas of my life where I have created a safely net, and became more courageous because of that?* Business? Career? Finances? Relationships? In some areas, it makes sense to have one, but important aspects of my life, like relationships, *do I really need one?*

***What do you think? What are your “safety nets”, and how do you justify having and keeping them?***



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**Mini Motivation** is my own daily strategy to inspire myself. Mostly 3-minute reads. 

From *Motivation*, we gain ***Inspiration***. From *Inspiration*, we achieve ***Momentum***. And the rest, they say, is history.

Hope it helps nudge you a bit too in the right direction. 

***Oh it did?*** Let me know in the comments, and of course an upvote would be a nice motivation for me. :)

Stay awesome!



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Hi there! Thanks for stopping by. I mostly blog about Steemit Success Strategies, business, marketing, entrepreneurship, psychology, community and random thoughts. 

Talking about *Steemit Success Strategies*, if you want to 10x your results on this platform, perhaps some of these guides will be able to help you.

1. [How to generate at least 365 post ideas for your Steemit Life (and possibly never run out of ideas again!)](https://steemit.com/tutorial/@maverickfoo/how-to-generate-at-least-365-post-ideas-for-your-steemit-life-and-possibly-never-run-out-of-ideas-again)
2. [The 4 Big Cs of Steemit Success](https://steemit.com/howto/@maverickfoo/the-4-big-cs-of-steemit-success)
3. [8 Content Strategies to Excite & Engage your Steemit Followers](https://steemit.com/howto/@maverickfoo/8-content-strategies-to-excite-and-engage-your-steemit-followers)
4. [29 Steemit Post Types to Attract More Followers & Boost Your Popularity (Part 1)](https://steemit.com/howto/@maverickfoo/29-steemit-post-types-to-attract-more-followers-and-boost-your-popularity-part-1)
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6. [Copywriting Magic for Steemit: "How To" Post Titles](https://steemit.com/howto/@maverickfoo/copywriting-magic-for-steemit-how-to-post-titles)
7. [Copywriting Magic for Steemit: "List Type" Post Titles](https://steemit.com/howto/@maverickfoo/copywriting-magic-for-steemit-list-type-post-titles)
8. [Steemit Success Strategies #1 - The Law of Requisite Variety](https://steemit.com/howto/@maverickfoo/steemit-success-strategies-1-the-law-of-requisite-variety)
9. [Steemit Success Strategies #2 - Batching + Parkinson's Law](https://steemit.com/howto/@maverickfoo/steemit-success-strategies-2-batching-parkinson-s-law)
10. [How to apply the 80/20 rule to your Steemit Life](https://steemit.com/howto/@maverickfoo/how-to-apply-the-80-20-rule-to-your-steemit-life)
11. [Steemit Experiment Report: 21 days, 21 minutes, 21 posts later, PLUS an 8-Step Guide on How to Write a Steemit Post every day under 30 minutes](https://steemit.com/howto/@maverickfoo/steemit-experiment-report-21-days-21-minutes-21-posts-later)
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