How to write the perfect article?

Just start

I was just sitting here, it’s 10.51pm.

I feel like writing, but what to write about?

I was staring at the blank page.

But my resolution was to just start writing.

When you start with any project, it can seem daunting.

You feel like you have to come up with a grand idea.

It puts pressure on you.

But if you just start with the first idea that comes to your head, then you have momentum. You’re in the flow. You’re doing it.

And then the rest of it just flows naturally.

It gets your creative juices flowing.

Then you can go back and edit it - considering the person you’re writing for in mind, or you can riff off one of the ideas to go in another direction.

You can share it with AI with a specific prompt like “is this a good article how can it be improved?” or a friend for feedback

You can just talk honestly.

It’s the same with projects and work.

It’s the same when you hesitate to do anything.

To speak to the person, to go to the event, to go to the gym.

Just start and the action creates momentum and gives you data and information to work with.

This isn’t a university principle. No principle is.

I’ve come to learn with every idea there is always a counter principle - which could be - think before you act, plan it out, and there are rules to apply different both of these opposing principles, and exceptions.

That’s part of the art of modern wisdom.