The Friends & Members of 750 Words

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Upon finding this site I thought that writing each day was a great idea, but I would adapt it for my own purposes… meaning that I would write about 4 days per week on days when I have fewer demands for my time. This lasted for one week only. Now I’ve found that since I’ve also begun reading for at least 30 minutes each day and meditate each morning that my thoughts are more available at the front of my mind and I am actually inspired to write everyday. Now, 2.5 weeks after encountering this site I’m happy to count myself among those who are writing each day! It is a very valuable habit and experience. 750 Words is now a pinned tab on my browser (1 of 5), so I’m committed to joining some of those with very long streaks one day!

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I remember one challenge I ran into when I was just trying to write for 30 days, I had to log on and write all at once. If I had an app, I could maybe write in spurts- when I have inspiration?

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I don’t remember how exactly I found this site, but it was years ago…. it was probably after reading The Artist’s Way.

Anyhow, I had fallen out of the habit of writing and I remembered this amazing site. And there it was.. this wonderful place to share my thoughts, give my words a place to be and a place challenge me to keep on going.

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I just hit 60 days on the trot – only just, it’s turning midnight now, so it was a close shave!
I’ve worked out that I’m a collector, the badges do inspire me, so I’ve set myself a difficult challenge for January – I’m going after the NaNo badge, my 3rd Month challenge in a row, and reaching 250k words for another Flock badge.
However, I’ve got to make the words purposeful – they need to relate to work, content, stories – so I have to create a strategy. Otherwise it might descend into the regular stream of consciousness which is interesting to write, but serves no practical purpose. Not always necessary to do so – but in January – yes, productive words.
Love the discipline this site has helped me to develop. Thanks guys. :-)

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I’m so thankful for 750 words and start every day with what has become a practice that I love. After morning meditation, I open up 750 words and write — whatever is in my heart, on my mind — and I find I am present to my life and this is a daily process. It’s so much a habit now that I probably don’t NEED the 750 words website, but I stay because this practice is so nurturing and comforting and sets up my every day for whatever is to come and lets me review whatever has gone on before. It helps me plan my day and my week and my life; it helps me see my patterns.
At first I needed the perks of the site — the badges and the emails and the little encouraging notes and bits. I reached 2.5 million words and have been doing this for over 2 years. If the internet went away, I would still sit down and write every morning, but I like knowing there’s a community of writers unknown to me who are also writing every day.

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As a late adopter, I pay a monthly fee to use this site, and I’m happy to support you! That being said, I’m wondering if it would be lucrative for you to sell lifetime memberships for a larger lump sum. I would love to keep writing here forever, but as I approach the one-year anniversary of my writing on 750words.com, I’m thinking of switching to a word doc. BUT the option to buy a lifetime membership might keep me writing here forever!

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Well, I see the text analysis is currently only available for English. Would it not be possible to have it in other language as well? I would like to have it in Afrikaans.

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The visibility on the mobile site will be great.

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This is day 3000 of my streak ☆彡 Next milestone: day 3650, aka ten years. Bring it on.

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So, that’s how it happens. I left my 750 words half finished yesterday to go out Xmas shopping, and then there were mince pies, and then there was mulled wine, and then their was a movie, and then home for a little TV before bed….

And then, this morning, there was an dull, empty feeling inside as I realised that my streak of 85 days, my streak that was going to hit 100 days in the first week of the new year, was gone.

Back to 1, then. And I confess the temptation not to sit down and write today was pretty strong. It’s a truism, I guess, that for those of us for whom the streak is a powerful force for continuing the daily ritual, its loss seriously depletes the energy needed to start again.

But here I am. Again. One day today, then three, then ten… and eventually 85, and (this time… or, I guess, maybe another time) 100. And somewhere along the line, I’ll pass 100,000 words and another little badge will pop up to give my body another endorphin kick.

And, more importantly, I know that all the good things that have flowed from this daily task will continue just the same as they did when the streak was going strong.

Which is why I know I’ll be sitting here again tomorrow, and the day after that…

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In August 2018, I made a goal of writing every day. I looked for a solid app to use to support this goal and I loved the simplicity of 750 Words! Since then, my love of writing has blossomed, I’ve gotten to explore story ideas and thoughts that I have every day, and I even managed to successfully complete NaNoWriMo 2018! It’s not an exaggeration to say that 750 Words has changed my life for the better.

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Please and thank you. It would great to jot down my writings on the subway, and continue when I get to hte office, or home.

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I think that it would be a good idea to be able to change the number of words that it is your goal to write every day so that it can be something other than 750. Of course, that can be the default but I know that I myself, and many other people as well would probably benefit from being able to change it to either something simpler like 500 words or more arduous like 1500. I think that this would be easy to make and very useful – just a little box in settings showing your word count goal.

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As others have said, when I write on my iPad, it often jumps back to the top of the page and I can’t see what I’m typing without manually scrolling back down. My vote is either for a dedicated app or improved mobile experience to the regular site. Thank you!

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More than words on this textbox can describe. To be honest it is difficult. It is difficult to show up at the page and write. I have noticed the internal change because this past week I have done half pages and/or no pages on a few days and watched my emotions/mood drop.

Typing is easier than writing morning pages.

Having tracking is amazing and keeps you from lying to yourself.

The piechart is very interesting and I am wondering how exactly it works and if it is extremely accurate. Weird that some times I think I am happy/positive and the piechart says I am sad/negative haha

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I am working on an ED. D. at Point Park University in Pgh. PA, and 750 words is helping me to sort through, and analyze articles for chapter two of my dissertation.
Just knowing that there are so many people writing 750 words daily is enough to keep me focused on my goal. Keep up the inspiring work everyone. KP

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I get so much from doing this daily exercise, Dame Darcy Bussell was talking her dysltexia and how once she started to enjoy ballet that she was able to keep on keeping on so to speak and that is the value for me with this being daily really appreciate all your see notes of encouragement and I just felt today, which is a difficult day for me for personal reasons after a sudden bereavement, I just love to be able to savour that fact that I may not be able to do some stuff in my life at the moment and feel a bit powerless but yes, have done my 750 words for today and have got another tick in my box for that and do you know there is something quite rewarding to be able to say I have done 750 days of 750 words. feel like an achiever. I may not ever be a ballerina Darcy but the 750 words folk have inspired to be able to keep on keeping on thank so much X

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Every time write and use “return” key it takes me to the top of the page and i couldn’t see what to type next. I have to use the down arrow key in order to continue to keep typing. This is inconvience and slow me down when typing. Help!

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I’m relatively new to this practice (17 days) but I already feel my mind shedding old, habitual ways of thinking and moving on to more interesting thoughts. It’s hard to describe and impossible to measure, but I’m sure I’m a “better person” – more alert, open, communicative, in-touch, alive in the world – than I was 18 days ago. So thanks!

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Simply thrilled that I am writing. Very grateful for this web site and for the organizers who created a space for us to write! I’m on a writing streak and I feel wonderful. Liberating, motivating, comforting. The grace experienced when I write every day. This space supports my motivation to show up for my writing every day. Helps me honor other precious commitments to myself.

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750words.com is an unwanted expense for me right now, (because I stopped working and my husband pays for me, not because it’s unreasonable) but it’s such an important part of my writing process.

I’m such a disorganized person and 750 Words keeps my writing organized, it lets me search for anything so I can put everything in a huge jumble and it will come out sorted by date, and searchable by subject, it’s private so I can write without being brave.

It gives me a reason to write, to see the graph, or just get a small sense of achievement that I finished the 750 word goal, even if it’s not part of a book or a financially successful blog, or even a solid topic.

I haven’t yet completed anything that makes me proud in life, I’ve lived by my values and done the right thing often, so I can look at myself, I can sleep at night, but I haven’t had the determination and organization to complete even one large project that meant anything to me personally. So, it’s hard for me to believe in myself that I ever will complete anything large, meaningful, difficult, I’ve faced the fact that I should start on tiny projects and build my skills, my confidence, and my momentum, but it’s a struggle everyday to fight the voice of inner doubt that says because I haven’t done anything major, I never will, or that whatever I do won’t matter, I don’t even know if it will matter in my most optimistic times, but I want to believe that not giving up matters irregardless of the project.

I want to believe it, because if I let go of that belief, I don’t have anything left to believe in, it’s the foundation for getting up when I fall and getting out of bed everyday and somehow 750 Words is one of the cornerstones upon which my life as a writer is built.

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I almost exclusively write my words from my phone, and for some reason recently when I’m writing from Safari, every time I hit the enter button it takes me back to the top of the screen, so I can’t see what I’m writing anymore. That means every line I have to stop writing and scroll back to the bottom. I would love a better mobile experience, especially if it were an app.
Also, I would love to have more badges. I would be happy with repeating the first badges even, because it’s been a few years since I’ve made those accomplishments. I really hope you’ll listen to these suggestions, because I’ve seen a lot of other people echoing these same sentiments. We love using this site and would like to continue using it for years to come.

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I just want to say thank you for this site. I was dealing with a lot of pent up anger and resentment before I started coming here, and now I have the cheapest therapist that money can buy! I am more motivated, writing more, and getting more done since I joined then I have in the last five years. It might be a stretch to say that you saved my life, but you definitely helped me to recover much of my sanity. This is less of a chore and more of a welcome release every morning. Thank you!

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I was looking back to when I actually started writing on this site and it goes back to December 2012. This site has been that kick in the butt I have needed to keep me writing on a daily basis since I deeply love writing. I would also like to say that the creative idea with the badges makes the writing more fun and inspirational. I especially like the newly added ones such as the Griffin and give my alms to those writers on this site who actually managed to have the discipline to earn it. Lately my writing has been up and down due to a divorce that I am going through but writing has really helped me to cope with it and the depression enabling me to see that possible light at the end of the tunnel. I just want to give props to the creators of this website and say, keep up the good work. You are fantastic and I will continue to keep up the writing.

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YAHOO!! I finally reached 1 million words. I love getting my head together every morning and setting my intentions for the day! Thank you so much for this amazing place to do this!

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I just want to take the time to say that I really appreciate this site existing. It is a form of self-therapy for me. I am someone engaged currently in a very stressful, high-performance career, while also trying to maintain a committed relationship, all while having to constantly fly/commute to another city for work. The isolation and need to make a change for myself led to me journaling here on 750 Words.

I cannot say enough how much stress and anxiety i am able to relieve when writing, while also being able to go back and objectively read not only my reflections and day-to-day happenings, but also get data-driven insight into my state of mind while writing.

It can be a real challenge to keep up the habit given all that is going in my life, but I just want to say to anyone else that is in a similar situation – do not give up! Journaling really can help you a lot more than you think, and it will lead you each day toward a better mindset as long as you keep at it and don’t give up. Change is hard. Establishing healthy habits is challenging. But neither of these things are impossible. Keep trying! Keep writing! Did I say it enough times yet?? Don’t give up!

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For a while there, I lost a big part of myself. I went months without writing, letting all my ideas sit in my head or on documents that would collect virtual dust on my desktop. A couple months ago, a tidal wave of inspiration hit, and I managed to pull myself together and get back into the game. I don’t know if I could have done it without 750words.

I’m so incredibly grateful for this website. I function a lot better with a bit of routine, and watching that streak counter creep ever so slowly towards higher digits reminds me just how far I’ve come from that person that couldn’t even try to pick up a pen or get her hands on a keyboard without feeling overwhelmed and insanely self-critical. Slowly, I’m learning how to write for myself, without the crippling self-doubt leering over my shoulder – I’m remembering that writing, for me, can be fun.

I’m nearly at 70 days in a row, and just completed my third NaNoWriMo. I’m thinking of the future, and finally, not just imagining the days of regret and guilt from not writing at all. I’m thinking of all the stories and tidbits of writing I’ll have, thanks to this website and all that it’s helped me accomplish. Thank you so much for everything!!