Pleasure vs pressure
Heart Leap writing hours starts at 9am. Do pop in if you can.
“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.” — Thomas Mann
Today, instead of asking, “How much can I get written?”, ask yourself:
How can I make writing feel like a pleasure rather than another task on my list?
Perhaps it’s writing outside with your morning coffee or writing in your best beautiful notebook. Or perhaps it’s giving yourself permission to write badly, to write by hand, to write for ten minutes instead of an hour.
What one small change could make you look forward to writing again?
Want to create a writing practice? Come join us at Heart Leap.
If you’ve been meaning to write — your journal, your Substack, your book, your Big Beautiful Thing — but somehow always end up reorganising the fridge instead… welcome home.
At Heart Leap, I host four writing hours a week Monday to Thursday from 9–10am GMT. We chat for five minutes at the start, five at the end, and the rest of the time we simply write together. No pressure or performance, just a calm, friendly corner of the internet where pages get filled and ideas stop hiding.
If you need accountability, a regular rhythm, or a space where other writers are also muttering “why is this so hard?”, you’ll be in excellent company.
We also have a Writing Rehab class on the first Wednesday of the month and we run the 12 week Artist’s Way once a year.
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