How to Write a Blog- Part I

I’ve had several conversations lately about the difficulties everyone is facing when blogging, particularly when there is a block. Not a writers block, but a been-absent-from-blogging-for-too-long-now-I’m-feeling-angry/resentful/sheepish(insert descriptor here)-and-can’t-get-started kind of block.

I’ve been hearing all the reasons; I’m so busy, I don’t know what to write about, I’ve nothing positive to write about, I just forget!

I hear ya. But I also know there are solutions to any reason you have. BUT, you have to want to solve the problem. And there’s the big one, eh? You DON’T want to solve the problem. Why not?

Same reason you know you should eat the broccoli, but opt for mac and cheese instead. Same reason you know you should go outside in the sun but opt for the screen instead.

Where’s the gratification in the broccoli? The instant gratification? Broccoli in your teeth, that’s what you get. Happy, tasty, gooey, yummy in my belly NOW feelings with mac and cheese.

Just do it. That is the answer. But let’s break that down for a minute.

Why is it so easy to “just do it” when it comes to things like pasta, video games, caffeine, couches?

Because it takes no forethought to give into these.

But it takes forethought to pick the broccoli.

What is the instant gratification in blogging? Some people feel a relief, another week taken care of. But some people feel anxiety, what will others think, now I’m accountable, where is my glass rock?

So, why the difference? Those who feel the relief have experienced the anxiety, and kept going anyways.

You need to think of the long term.

What do you want? I want my couch. No, you’re thinking too small. What do you want out of this limited time you call your life? Health? Happiness? Doggies? A house with unlimited doggies, angelic kids and free wifi?

Start big, then work your way back. What do you need in order to obtain what you want?

Enough money to buy a house and fence the thousand acres I’d need for the doggies.

Alright, best way to earn that cash?

Winning lottery ticket. Good, high paying job.

What about the happiness you mentioned?

High paying job I enjoy. Beach body year round.

How are you going to get that?

Get hired by Apple Elon Google somewhere I can be happy, work my way up and eventually rule the world own my own business. I need to become the top of my field, a “master” if you will, which will take hours of work and dedication, which means I need to be disciplined enough to put in the work and NOT quit, which means I need enough insight into myself to know what makes me tick, what drives me forward versus holds me back, enough gumption and confidence to make mistakes and keep going anyways, a system to keep myself on track, preferably someone to help me along (hold me accountable) and who can be a sounding board when I get stuck.

Alrighty. If only there were some program that can help you develop the tools you’d need for all of that.

Mastery

Dedication

Discipline

Insight

Confidence

Resilience

Perserverance

Accountability

If only…