The Friends & Members of 750 Words

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750 Words has, slowly, over many years, allowed me to develop a more regular habit of writing and self-examination, and for this I am eternally grateful.

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I’ve started and stopped on this site about a dozen times. Today, it’s for reals. Writing makes me happy, it’s a new year, and it’s time I stick to this. Yay me.

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750 Words is an awesome resource. I have used it to compose chapters for my books, to brainstorm, and to practice positive self talk. I love to do word purges in the stream-of-consciousness style, see what comes up from my mind onto the page and then address that in writing to reframe and orient myself towards my best life and the experiences or ideals I want to embody. This site is streamlined and effective, and through these simple daily pages I have grown, created, and learned a lot about myself. Thank you!

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Burning all my cups here before I end my membership, to say how great this site been for me and how it might work for anyone else out there having a hard time getting started.

It took me many, many false starts to get in the habit of actually writing literally every day. Sometimes I’d try it for just a day or two, then take a break. Sometimes I’d pledge for the month then only keep it up for a week, or get tantalizingly close to the end only for something to mess it up. But I kept at it, and kept having another try on the challenge next month.

Finally, one month I did it. Then I kept it up for the next month. And the next month. Then for a full year.

When I finally slipped up again, I decided improving my bad sleep habits (that got me to sleep through a deadline) were a lot higher priority than making sure I got words in before midnight no matter what. So I won’t be pursuing the goal here of writing each day anymore. But while I work on that, I can look back on that badge and that solid year of writing now to remind myself that it is possible to build new habits, even if you keep falling off the wagon at first.

Thanks for providing such a simple streamlined site that made this happen for me!

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It’s been a great tool and recommended by my therapist. I find it super helpful to be able to write out my thoughts, worries and whatever else is on my mind. This practice really does help clear my head and the swirling, sometimes consuming thoughts and emotions that may be on my mind.

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In a way totally unbeknownst to me, that is how 750 Words has affected me. Tapping into my world of personal writing daily – spiritual, mental, emotional realms have expanded exponentially. Like no kidding ! Merci beaucoup.

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Hi! It’s been a minute since I’ve had my subscription, but any kind of text analysis might be helpful… but really, it’s pretty awesome as is. Thanks for creating this site. I just can’t do the long hand thing :)

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I’m back. I want to start writing daily again and I was so so glad to have this PLACE to come back to. So grateful. trying to do it in conjunction with mediation and just read the article https://betterhumans.pub/better-than-meditation-12532d29f6cd thanks for that.

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I want to be very honest here, and I think this is the page to do that. For the past month I have contemplated suicide almost daily, as my life has imploded around me. But this page has held me together, has allowed me to create such a life line such a mooring line to life. I am so appreciative of this page, as it holds me accountable and holds me to believe in yet another tomorrow.

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750 words is my therapist that I visit every day. Writing my morning words gives me a daily chance to redirect my thoughts, take perspective on my life and explore my challenges. I also love how it gets my fingers moving for the day and all my emails and messages get written so much faster.

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I have enjoyed the challenge of getting 750 words written down. I do find it hard to get all the boxes checked, and that is disappointing to me. I want to continue to use this site as a way to improve my writing and become more prolific.

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This is an amazing way to become a prolific writer and to begin to write and sort my way through my daily life. Thank you for making this site for writers like me

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There is a strange and unique sense of peace when writing here. And peace followed by hard analytics is really why we do this, isn’t it?

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It’s been almost 10 years since my ex and I agreed to separate. I was using 750words already, but once I was on my own, it became an anchor in my new life. I’ve come back to it over and over as I’ve gradually made my life my own. Writing is the one practice I can be certain I’ll do every day, and I’m grateful 750words is always here to help me do it. Thank you.

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I want to archive the badges that I have and start fresh after a long break. Ideally, it would be nice to be able to see the old ones somewhere, but I’m willing to just live with a screenshot and start fresh fully.

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Today marks six years of writing on 750 Words. Found this site via The Write Life blog. I was six weeks into retirement, definitely drifting. Sitting down to write every day was something I had always wanted to do, but…

750 Words saved me. It provided the place to try out ideas, to record all sorts of family memories to be shared with the nieces and nephews, to rant about the state of the world and politics, to work through fears and worries, to first draft all sorts of tech comm activities, to record joyful times and the delights of living with always-fascinating cats.

Thank you every day to Buster and to Kellianne for making this safe place for all us to grow and succeed.

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I fall off for weeks, months or a year, but I always return. This is the best site to keep my goals going. Thanks, guys!😎💖

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750 words is a safe place for me to come and let loose. It’s a mindfulness practice.

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This is indeed a great site. It has helped me in many ways as far as dumping the things on the mind at the time and when I feel I have a story to tell. I love the challenge of the 750 as it pushes you to make it happen

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So, been doing this for 30 days now and already written more words for my novel than I dod in the previous 5 years – works for me!!

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Hello all you beautiful writers out there!
I’m fresh from a repaired streak, and I realized that this deserved a Note of Inspiration
I started writing 750 words the September before last (I’ll never forget, seven days after my baby sister was born!) and I’m on a 700-somethin day streak (with the appropriate days off, mostly for travel days, hard to write when you’re on a road trip).
Just a few days ago, my computer made a huge gaffe and DELETED my entry which I’d copied over from a different site. I was TRAUMATIZED. I’m the sort of person who starts new hobbies all the time and is amazed when they actually follow-through for more than a month. 750 words is one of the only things I do on a day-to-day basis, with few or no skips. The only other thing that comes close is my daily Rosary, so I was miserable. I literally had an upset stomach for two days.
BUT. It made me consider how important this is in my life, especially since when I look at all the random story ideas I came up with back then I shudder (Oh gosh, they’re so bad, all you authors can empathize), and I’m pretty sure my writing has improved (although the me of two years hence will probably shudder)
The point of this rambling note is…
Thank you, 750 words, for helping me process through all the trauma of moving back and forth, helping sharpen my writing AND typing skills (Seriously, I was typing 15 wpm when I started), and just helping me become a better version of myself. I was never good at keeping a journal before you.
OH, and thanks a whole lot to Kellianne who puts up with my emails for fixed streaks after malfunctions (Or power outages). You’re a magnificent person!

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750 words has made me a better writer in a way I never thought possible. I was almost down when I couldn’t pay for my subscription, and I was blocked. Became relieved as soon as it was paid. Thanks for 750 words.

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It took me this many cups to write 10 thousand pages. I worked towards this goal for 9 years. Surreal that it finally happened. Now what do I do?

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The power of words and community is a life force. Thank You, Buster. Eternally indebted. Now to stay committed!

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Having to click the “Today” menu option, then select “Write,” feels cumbersome. I’d prefer the menu to have a separate “Write” field (so that the menu would be Write – Today – This Month – Help – Settings – [member count]).

Functionality is already quite nice, I’m just asking for perfection. :P

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Today I reached 4 million words and am celebrating by sharing this note. Morning pages have been part of my life for many years — and 750 words for quite a few. It has been a way to clear my head each morning, to document my days, and to talk with my self and sort myself out over a period of change. Over many periods of change, actually.
In January my husband died, and I’ve been learning how to move through grief and learn to live on my own and part of this process has been daily writing about the feelings and lessons of learning to live again, learning who I am on my own.
Thank you for this — 750 words has been a saving grace for me.

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My brain feels more spacious since i started writing on here. I look forward to the practice of letting things flow from my head to the screen and i appreciate you so much. Thanks for giving me this opportunity. It feels like therapy.