Anyone who’s ever tried to integrate an exercise routine into their daily life will tell you that while it may be hard at first, it gets easier over time.
You just have to stick with it.
The same goes for writing, or any other creative endeavor. While at first you may find yourself staring at an empty screen, or staring off into space, writing a few paragraphs every day can become one of those habits that gets easier over time.
Of course, that still doesn’t mean it is easy. Significant achievements rarely are easy.
My own commitment to myself and my readers is to try to write something every day. On days that, for whatever reason, I cannot, I still sort the news from major news outlets and post links to the headlines of those stories and call it a “mix,”
Some days I repost an old essay. Some 6,000 of those exist, as I’ve been doing this now for 20 years, but only the best are worth revisiting more than once or twice.
On the days I repost an old essay, I’m wearing my editor’s hat, rather than that of the writer.
Overall, this daily routine of sorting the news, trying to write an essay, and editing what I will publish the following day has become one of my main habits.
Just like daily exercise, though I could get a lot better at that one…
Recommended reading: Stephen Marche’s guest essay in the Times from Toronto: “Friday, Aug. 21, may go down in history as Canada’s Liberation Day. It was the day America came for us, and we said no.”
HEADLINES:
US and Canada plunge deeper into a trade war (AP)
America Came for Canada. We Said No. (NYT)
‘No more!!!’: Trump lashes out after US-Canada talks devolve into trade war (Guardian)
Trump accused of risking more pain for Americans with Canada trade war (FT)
U.S.-Canada breakdown shows limits of Trump’s aggressive trade strategy (WP)
Iran Warns Gulf States Against Joining Trump’s Economic War, or Else (NYT)
Top Iran official says U.S. focus on economic warfare shows it has failed militarily (NPR)
The USS Lincoln has been at sea for 270-plus days. Here’s why conditions on board fell apart (Independent)
Zelenskyy says wartime elections could ‘destroy’ Ukraine (Al Jazeera)
Dems turning more GOP Senate strongholds into midterm battlegrounds (Axios)
Why Polling Chaos Could Create Big Problems for American Politics (NYT)
Natalie Harp reportedly posted 150 pro-Trump tweets on day of Capitol riot (Guardian)
Another Democratic rising star jibes at Trump over close aide Natalie Harp as her deleted Jan 6 posts revealed (Independent)
Doctors say Trump’s weight poses a significant health risk (WP)
NATO’s next nightmare: The French presidential election (Politico)
Why some of America’s biggest brands are losing ground in China (CNBC)
The creator of the 4% rule for retirement savings wants you to spend more (BI)
Why College Enrollments Are Expected to Plunge (WSJ)
Human-caused wildfire approaches Reno, Nevada, forcing thousands of evacuations (AP)
California has forgotten how to fix things. Can these new Bay Area cafés help? (SFC)
The modern parenting ‘throuple’ (BI)
Texas Governor Abbott Says Data Centers ‘Dug Their Own Grave’ (Newsweek)
Robot boxing, football and sprinting at World Humanoid Games (BBC)
AI trained on simulated sites finds unknown features in lidar data (Archaeology News)
David Attenborough Admits To Exaggerating Wonder Of Seals (Onion)
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