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Stop Checking Your Stats All Day
Do these 5 things instead to fast-track your development as a writer
Recently on one of the Facebook groups for Medium writers, a member asked a question:
How often do you check your stats? Monthly? Weekly? Daily? Hourly?
The question drew quite a few responses, and I felt the need to contribute my own:
Hourly, but only during the hours I am awake. When I’m asleep I check my stats less frequently.
That got a number of “Hahas” and “LOLs,” but it poked fun at an unfortunate reality — many Medium writers, myself included, waste a lot of time checking our stats!
True, it doesn’t take long to select “Stats” from the menu and wait for the bar chart to appear, but that’s not the sum total of the time lost. By stopping to check, you’re breaking away from a flow state ideal for writing or for being an idea-generating machine. Once out, it may take many minutes for that flow state to resume.
Let’s look at 5 alternatives to checking your stats, alternatives that keep that creative current flowing freely.
