My First Tries with Nick the Quick
Alright, so today I’m digging into this “Nick the Quick” thing everyone keeps mentioning. Honestly? Sounded like another internet gimmick to me at first. But hey, promised fast results for beginners, and I was feeling stuck in my own projects, so screw it. I thought, let’s see what the fuss is actually about.
Started simple. Real simple. The core idea is breaking whatever you’re trying to do into tiny, bite-sized chunks. Not like, “design a website,” but more like, “choose a website template” or “write one headline.” Baby steps. I figured I’d test it on writing a blog post draft – something I usually procrastinate on for days.
- Step 1: I literally sat down and opened a blank doc. That was my first tiny win. Sounds stupid, but actually opening the file instead of thinking about it felt like progress right off the bat.
- Step 2: Next tiny chunk? Write the dang title. Not the whole post, just the title. I stared for maybe ten seconds, then typed something kinda lame: “My Nick Quick Experiment.” Done. Didn’t need to be perfect, just needed to exist.
- Step 3: Intro time. Goal: Write one opening sentence. Again, tiny. My brain relaxed because it knew it wasn’t facing a whole article. Just one sentence: “Trying out Nick the Quick method – will it save me hours?” Boom.
Where Things Got Weird (and Sorta Worked)
Here’s the twist Nick pushes: immediately move on after each step. Don’t edit that crappy sentence you just wrote. Don’t spend an hour picking the perfect photo placeholder. Just… plow forward to the next tiny task. This felt super unnatural. My inner critic was screaming to go back and fix that weak intro sentence. But I forced myself to just add the first subheading: “Step 1: Blank Page Blues.”
Then another tiny chunk: List 3 key points about the method. Didn’t need to flesh them out, just jot down:
- Small bites only
- No editing allowed (yet)
- Move fast to next chunk
…and that was the whole task. Again, done fast. Rinse and repeat: write one rough sentence explaining the first point, move on immediately. Felt almost like running downhill – clumsy and slightly out of control, but definitely moving forward without sweating every step.
The Shock Moment (and the Catch)
Seriously, maybe 25 minutes in, I looked up and… I had a full, messy, ugly first draft of a blog post staring back at me. Normally, that easily takes me 2 hours of agony. It was rough, full of placeholders and terrible phrasing, but it was complete. That was the Nick the Quick “fast result” in action – getting the damn thing built fast.
Now, the catch. Was it ready? Heck no. It looked like a toddler wrote it while riding a rollercoaster. This method only gets the skeleton built fast. Later, I spent maybe 30 minutes editing, fixing wording, adding that picture I skipped earlier. But here’s the thing: That clean-up felt way easier because the pressure was off. The mountain wasn’t so scary; I was just fixing something that already existed. Total time? Less than an hour for what used to take me half a day. This almost felt like cheating.
So yeah, beginners? Try this. Set stupidly small goals, power through each one without looking back (editing is for later!), and keep piling those tiny wins up. You won’t believe how fast you actually move. Still can’t believe how such a simple shift kicked my butt into gear. Solid method for getting unstuck fast.