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Give yourself strict, yet realistic deadlines

Give yourself strict, yet realistic deadlines

One of the hardest parts of bouncing back from creative burnout is dealing with the nagging voice inside your head.

The self-critic is something we all face. At times it can get so loud that it drowns out our ability to push through.

There’s a simple tool you can use to silence your inner critic: deadlines. We’re talking about short, yet strict deadlines. Let’s say you need to write a chapter of a book. Instead of sitting down and banging your head against your screen for hours on end, break it up into tiny increments and set tight deadlines.

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For example, if you need to write a chapter of a book, instead of sitting down and looking at a black page for hours on end, break it up into tiny increments and set tight deadlines (such as 250 words every 20 minutes).

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