How Writing for One Hour a Day Can Improve The Quality of Your Life

Writing daily can help in improving our mental health.

• It lowers anxiety
• It makes us feel present for that time
• A good habit that we enjoy makes us look forward to it
• It heals our painful experiences by making us see them objectively.

To start writing an hour a day: Figure out which part of the day you are doing unessential or no work.

Then, instead of starting with the notion that you will write for an hour, just focus on the fact that you will sit, open a notepad or your laptop, and will write.

Create the right, distraction-free conditions to help you keep writing.

• If you plan to write in the morning, make the arrangements, like the pen/notepad and sitting place the night before.
• Use a simple writing software if you are on your laptop, removing clutter so that you only focus on your writing.

The smartphone is the biggest culprit towards your constant distraction.

Leave your smartphone in some other room for an hour to focus on your writing.

Keep the noise out by using noise cancellation headphones, if possible.

You can also put soothing instrumental or beats oriented music that doesn't distract you but keeps out the noise.