TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE WITH TINY HABITS.

What’s one small habit that has positively impacted your life this year?
Communication isn’t my strong suit. My friends used to call me a brain eater because I would talk so much. However, I rarely said anything useful in conversations.

I was reading books, listening to podcasts, and experiencing new things. I wanted to share what I was learning with my friends. I hoped they could grow too. But my communication skills were terrible. I couldn’t explain anything properly—literally.

Whenever I spoke, I could see my friends getting bored or even frustrated.

I remember one time when I was explaining something really important, and one of my friends actually started sleeping.

It hurt to realize that I couldn’t explain anything to anyone. But what hurt me the most was not knowing why—I had no idea what was causing my poor communication skills.

                   My Writing Journey

During this time, I started writing online. I had been journaling for one year, but it was inconsistent and occasional.

However, I decided to make writing a daily habit. For the past two months, I’ve published something on social platforms, especially on my blog dayawetalk.com and on my LinkedIn.

When I made this simple writing skill a habit, developing other good habits became easy for me. I started drinking five glasses of water a day. I also began exercising regularly and doing 30 push-ups every day.

But the most important and surprising change was this: I found myself speaking fluently in conversations. I got straight to the point and made others fully understand what I wanted to say—all because of writing.

Writing clarified my thinking.

My communication skills improved drastically when I started writing.

HOW? (You might be asking)

When you write, you’re organizing your messy thoughts and channelling them into a proper form through words.

Writing allows you to put out everything that’s on your mind. When you edit, you gain clarity about what you really want to say. Because the truth is, you don’t truly know what you think until you write it down. The Poet John Didion said, “I don’t know what I think until I write it down”.

A Quick Challenge For You:
Try explaining something to someone—it could be anything.

Now, write down what you want to explain.

Then, explain it again to that person and notice the difference.

Observe how your way of explaining enhanced— when you wrote it.

So this year, the one skill I’m most grateful to have built—and will keep building—is writing.