So you get a large wall calendar, one that shows the entire year. You hang it in a place you can’t miss it. And every day, once you’ve accomplished your task—remember, your task isn’t to become a great comedian, your task is to write new material—you put a red X over that date. “After a few days,” Seinfeld told Brad Isaac, “you’ll have a chain. Just keep at it and the chain will grow longer every day. You’ll like seeing that chain, especially when you get a few weeks under your belt. Your only job is to not break the chain.”* Your only job is to not break the chain.
