From 0 to 1000 Articles: The Secret to Sustained Action for a 'Lazy Person'

Why Sustaining an Activity Matters

Today, let's talk about how to truly keep doing something. Take writing public account articles or using AI to develop products as examples. If you decide to start now, how should you begin? How to start, finish, persevere, and then operate it later?

At first, you can search for information on search engines using keywords or directly ask AI. These methodologies will tell you things like how to register a public account, how to format articles, how to gain followers, writing and operating skills, what tools to use for AI programming, how to use them, how to develop, and how to launch.

There's a lot of such information online. If you think it's not comprehensive enough, you can pay for more systematic content. These all belong to the methodologies of "how to do" this thing.

But what I want to talk about today isn't these methodologies. It's "how you can keep doing this thing."

There's actually a difference between the two. What does that mean? For example, you've registered a public account and written articles - one, two, three, even five. But that doesn't mean you've really made it.

Because when doing something, there's usually a basic goal. When you choose to give up and stop doing it, why do you give up?

I registered my first public account around May 2022 and started writing articles.

At that time, I wasn't familiar with writing and didn't have much knowledge reserve. I just wrote whatever came to mind, trying various topics. When I really couldn't write, I'd write book excerpts. That's how I wrote over 100 articles.

Later, I stopped for a while. Why? Mainly because there was no traffic, no one read my articles, and I couldn't make money. But then, I picked it up again and kept writing.

Because I found the real value of the public account. So even if the reading volume of an article is low now, I still keep writing. Until now, I've written over 1000 articles.

To achieve this, there are two key points: one is the "mind," and the other is the "technique."

1. Value Anchor

The so - called "mind" means being clear about the value of what you're doing. I didn't understand much about personal IP before, but later I realized the importance of writing. A public account is like a business card for personal IP. When introducing myself, others can better understand me through my public account.

Just because there's no traffic now doesn't mean there won't be any in the future. If you don't do it, there's definitely no chance. If you do it, there might be a chance in the future. Remember, your content will eventually be seen by more people, and this is also a process of content accumulation.

The other key point is the "technique." When I really realized the importance of writing and could produce a lot of content every day, the public account was just a platform for me to synchronize my content.

2. Systemic Breakthrough

So, here comes the second question: How to keep writing every day or keep doing something? Whether it's working on a project, editing videos, or developing a product, it's the same.

To achieve continuous output, you need to build a process or system that can operate in the long term. This way, you can keep going even when you're not in a good state.

Many people often stop writing on their Moments, public accounts, or other writing platforms.

Sometimes they have a lot of inspiration. For example, they've encountered some things recently or read a lot of books. After accumulating for a while, they'll write some content. But this state is very unstable. Many times, they don't want to express themselves, have nothing to say, or don't have a topic. This kind of fluctuation is quite big.

If you always rely on inspiration, state, or mood to do this thing, the fluctuation will be very large.

So, how to write a piece of content? We can break it down:

• Topic or subject: What is this content about? That is, what is the core theme of this content?
• Main content: What exactly should be written?
• Target readers: Who is this content for? For example, it could be for myself.

I write in a question - and - answer way. For example, the content I talked about in my Moments or groups today, the topics or problems I encountered when communicating with friends in life, can all be used as writing topics.

So, what is the main content? For me, the main content is thinking and process.

When I write content, I mainly focus on how to do things. I'll write down the process of doing things or record my thinking process and results about a certain problem.

That is to say, the content is either the process and result of doing things or the process and result of thinking.

Who is the content for? All my content has two audiences.

First, it's for myself because the content is mainly used to record my thinking, growth, and ideas.

At the same time, I also consider whether the content is suitable for others to read, such as those with similar experiences, educational backgrounds, or goals (like making money, doing self - media, exercising, etc.).

It's also common to target a specific group. If you want to target postgraduate entrance exam candidates, then the writing theme should naturally revolve around the postgraduate entrance exam.

The key is to establish a systematic process to ensure continuous content creation and avoid interruptions due to temporary slack or difficulties.

3. Internal and External Feedback

Based on my personal experience, when I find that a short video has good results, I'll keep creating. But if there's no data, traffic, or income for a long time, I might stop updating. After all, everyone's time and energy are limited.

The key is to continuously refine effective actions and gradually abandon wrong, ineffective, or inefficient work methods.

Suppose you can only complete 10 tasks a day. You need to ensure that these 10 actions are all efficient and effective. Through continuous optimization, you can make full use of your limited time and energy to improve overall work efficiency.

From this perspective, it doesn't really matter whether you give up or persevere. The important thing is to find the most suitable way for yourself or adjust your strategy at any time and choose the most effective things to do.

Take me as an example. Writing is undoubtedly the most effective and efficient way.

Because writing is easy for me, the cost is low, and I can publish the text on any platform at any time.

Text can also be converted into pictures, audio, or even videos, especially with the help of AI. It's very convenient. I've turned my article content into a podcast now.

Text is the basis of content, which is why I keep writing even if there's no obvious effect for the time being.

Feedback is mainly divided into two types: external feedback and internal feedback.

External feedback includes likes, interactive comments, or paid support from the outside world. These are more difficult to control.

Internal feedback is reflected in the growth of personal ability. For example, it used to take 20 minutes to shoot a short video, but now it only takes 10 minutes. The speed and quality of video editing or tool development have also improved.

In comparison, internal feedback is more stable and easier to control.

4. Dynamic Iteration

When there's a lack of external feedback for a long time, we need to find a new breakthrough. This may mean that the current method has problems. We should think about whether there's a better way to do this thing instead of just sticking to it blindly.

The premise of sticking to it is that the method is effective. The simplest way to verify whether a method is effective is to see if there are successful cases or if others have achieved it.

5. Game - like Living

If we compare life to an experiential game, we can focus on the following key indicators:

• How many "monsters" have you defeated?
• How many levels have you upgraded?
• What are the attributes of your character panel?

From this game - like perspective, we can more clearly understand our growth trajectory and formulate corresponding improvement strategies based on it.

Conclusion

• Be clear about the methodology of doing things, that is, how to do it specifically.
• Understand the value of this thing, that is, why you do it and why you have to do it.
• Need to establish a clear, simple, and sustainable system.
• Feedback is the key to driving us forward. It's like making a snowball or providing fuel to help us keep progressing.
• Feedback is divided into internal and external. External feedback is difficult to control. If there's a long - term lack of it, we can start from the methodology and find a better way.
• Internal feedback is relatively stable. We can check whether we've grown and improved in terms of ability every once in a while (for example, once a month), such as in terms of efficiency, speed, and quality.
• We can evaluate our growth from dimensions such as comprehensiveness, breadth, and depth.

Daily Reading & Writing by Xiaolu 08/05/2025 [Day 701]