FOR THE CREATIVE WORK YOU KEEP PUTTING OFF
Stop waiting
to feel ready.
Start showing up.
You keep thinking about the book, the art, or the idea you want to bring into the world. Every Single Day is Bradley Charbonneau’s candid, funny book about beginning that work—and building a daily practice you can return to.
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A place to begin.
Short chapters about procrastination, courage, perseverance, and finding more enjoyment in the work.
WHERE IT BEGAN
November 1. One writing experiment.
A 30-day writing experiment.
1,000 days of writing and publishing.
For years, I called myself a writer while doing very little writing. On November 1, 2012, I accepted a challenge to write and publish something every day for a month. I kept going.
Every Single Day tells the story behind that change: the fear, the excuses, the practice, and the growing confidence that came from doing the work. John Muldoon recounts the journey to 1,000 days in the book’s foreword.
PRAISE PRINTED IN THE BOOK
“I make artwork everyday and I am happy.”
Paige · from the book’s reader-praise section
“He reminds each of us that we too can become consistent and unstoppable.”
Deanne Welsh · from the book’s praise section
LESS WAITING. MORE MAKING.
Your idea deserves a place
in your actual life.
01 / THE PRACTICE
Begin before you’re ready.
The idea doesn’t need another perfect plan. Explore the gap between wanting to create and actually beginning.
02 / THE PRACTICE
Make one less decision.
What changes when you give your practice a place in the day, instead of debating whether to do it?
03 / THE PRACTICE
Find more enjoyment in the work.
The book moves through perseverance and patience toward Play: more confidence, curiosity, and enjoyment in the practice.
A PAGE FROM THE BOOK
One decision less.
Every Single Day.
On November 1, 2012, a decision was made for me when I started a 30-Day Experiment to Write Every Day for 30 days. Well, OK, I agreed, but reluctantly. I didn’t really want to start down a path because I wasn’t sure what was going to happen, if I could really do it, and I thought I might fail miserably. I was just plain scared.
Scared of failure and deeper down and I wouldn’t have admitted it but possibly scared of success. It was all just safer to talk about and not actually truly do. Sheesh, that sounds like reasons enough to Just Don’t Do It, right?
I should mention at this point that we’re talking about a tough decision, one that you don’t take lightly and in fact, you’d rather not make at all because it will have more to do with who you become than what you’re doing Every Single Day.
There’s a factor, a power, a deeper force at play here because you know that you actually can’t not do this thing you’re lamenting, that you’re hemming and hawing about, that you just can’t decide to do or not. I get it. I’ve been there. I didn’t want to start either. Because starting opens you to failure.
If you don’t start, you can’t lose.
Well, sorry, but you can.
Only if you start, can you progress, can you turn your Once In A While decision into an Every Single Day mantra that you live by. That annoying little guy on one of your shoulders will be obliterated by the angel with the tattoo on the other shoulder who takes over and has made that decision for you. It’s now done. It’s no longer a decision, but a part of what you do and soon it will be a part of who you are.
From “What if you had one decision less to make Every Single Day?”
Before you begin
Is this only for writers?
Writing is my main example, but the book also draws on art, basketball, learning, and meditation. The invitation is to choose something meaningful and return to it.
Is it a workbook?
This is a conversational nonfiction book with personal stories, reflections, and invitations to act. The Every Single Day Playbook is a separate book and is not included with this ebook.
How should I read it?
The preface suggests reading in small bursts, roughly a chapter a day. Read at your own pace and put an idea into practice as you go.
What if I miss a day?
There is no ESD Police. The book acknowledges missed days and asks you to care about the practice you’re building. You can return to the work without turning it into a perfect-streak contest.
What am I buying?
The main button takes you to the English Kindle ebook on Amazon. You can check the current price there. Other ebook stores, paperback, and audiobook options are listed below.
EVERY SINGLE DAY / BRADLEY CHARBONNEAU
The next chapter
starts with you.
Stories, humor, and an invitation to begin.
Choose your edition and make today Day One.
CHOOSE YOUR EBOOK
English edition. See each store for current pricing and reading options.
BRADLEY CHARBONNEAU
Writing about creativity, daily practice, and the courage to begin.
Every Single Day is part of the Repossible series.
Who will you be next?