1) Start Small

Do not decide to write 3 articles a day if you can’t keep up with one yet. Start with one. Starting too big will make you give up your habit before it even gets the change to become one.

2) Schedule your habit

Try to do your new habit at the same time every day. Habits are better kept on schedule. Set a time to write your article and stick to that time. It will be easier for you to keep the habit of writing an article at the same time every day than it would if you didn’t have a specific time.

3) Anticipate the moment

This is when scheduling a specific time to write your article will become even handier. Around an hour or so before your time to write comes, start writing your article mentally, getting ready for it with ideas. What are you going to write about? Do you have a theme? A title? An introduction? Start getting into the mood of your article writing moment about an hour ahead of time.

4) Make an appointment with your habit

Do not schedule anything else at your (habit) article writing time. Do not check emails and do not answer the phone. Take this moment seriously and reserve that time of the day for it.

5) Penalize yourself if you miss

If you miss your appointment with your new habit, even if it was none of your fault, give yourself a self-inflicted payment with interest for it. You know how if you don’t pay your utility bills on time you have to pay them later with interest?

Yes, you still have to pay, but this time even a bit more with interests as a penalty for being late. If you skip your appointment with your new habit, in this case writing your one article a day, make yourself write two the next day. This will help you greatly to “pay your habit on time”.