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I have a target of writing 50 articles in March. Yet, it took me a period stretching between July 2023 and 24 February 2024 to write my first 50 articles. This is barely an insane challenge. I have noticed that in February 2024, I managed to write articles more than I wrote during 2023 and January 2024.

50 is just a starter pack. It is a doable target. What is scary is the April target. Will I be able to write 100 articles in a single month? All I know is I will write 159 articles in May.

I will use any means possible to produce those numbers without sacrificing quality. It is a good idea to reduce my screen time to any part of the web that drains my potential. I uninstalled Instagram and Facebook apps in February 2024 to fulfil this goal. YouTube will be installed only when needed and uninstalled shortly after the time of need. Sixty other apps, including productivity ones like WPS, have already left my device and they are not coming back.

I will use any means possible to produce numbers without sacrificing quality. I will stay away from anything that reduces my potential. In the past week, I turned the TV off when I was supposed to watch EUFA football matches. This is a good sign that I can go without TV and football.

I shall use Chillsteps, a calm music genre that is free of lyrics. Experts agree that Chillsteps can boost productivity. The music will help me to shut off any external noise like kids watching a TV set behind me. (I recommend Chillstep artists like Ferven and Sopheirros. On YouTube channels like Arctic Empire and Mix Hound post Chillstep music from all known artists you can think of).

I will keep my notes organised and intact to avoid going for hours trying to combine snippets of a single topic scattered in my notebooks. In the margins of my notebook, I will have to write down tags and topics each snippet falls under. Some digital notebooks now support this tagging feature but they are not my choices. I will stick with One Note.

I will not try to sleep early as recommended by experts. I will use cold showers to keep myself awake. The punishment intensifies as I move forward. I will eventually attempt a target of 200 articles a month. This means that 6.7 articles will have to be written by me every day. Is this practical?

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The number will keep going by fifty with each month passing. I will try to live up to this challenge. I shall write articles whilst on the toilet seat, pushing a trolley in a supermarket, on a bus and during my sleep.

Outside this goal is a man who is in love. He will never betray his girlfriend. He will give his girlfriend much of his spare time. I will let a call late during the night take as much as up to sixty minutes of my time. From the words said in the call I will have something to write for the Relationships Category. A call recorder must be active during calls.

My mom is now a widow. Now that my sister is leaving for her final semester at College, Mom will be alone from March. Mom will need to hear from her offspring more than often. I will use each of the calls to get guidance on my writing path. She is not an expert, but hearing from her will mean much.

I need to forget that all these targets are for money and visits. So that when money and visits resist coming my way, I simply stay resilient.