How to Write a Blog- Part II
Now, I want to narrow it down to the specific reasons people don’t want to write a blog. There are four, split between two of these articles.
First- I don’t know what to write about/I have nothing to write about. These are grouped together because they are indicating the same things. There are only two reasons that this may be the case.
You are not actively/mindfully/honestly reviewing your past week.
Things happened to you. Many things happen to or around us that we just don’t take notice of. Many things that could have an effect on our daily living are left on the floor where they landed after bouncing off our faces. This is normal. But normal doesn’t mean we have to accept it. We’re a cool, albeit funny looking, creature called a human, and the cool thing about that is that we have the capability to affect our surroundings. But, we have to practice our skills just like any other critter. Even more so; our big brains give us the ability to create cool gadgets but we need to learn how to walk first. That is okay. We get the itch to get that toy on that shelf and start pushing ourselves to stand and walk over there. We suck at first. That’s also okay, we also have a thing called a booty that protects us. Anyways, we keep trying and we get better until one day we can run like Usain.
Blogging is the same. Being mindful is the same. It needs to start with a desire, a plan of action, then consistency and then, boom. We got skills baby!
If you don’t see Sifu Brinker slapping his hands together and hearing his voice “take consistent action” then we’ll have to revisit this one.
2. Absolutely nothing happened, you did nothing, there’s just nothing to write about.
Did you live? Then you must have done something, or something must have happened to you. What you are likely saying here is that you did not train, did not think about your training, and did not engage or were not receptive in your classes. Beyond that, you did do something. It is impossible to do nothing. Nothing means you have ceased to exist. When you say you have nothing to write about you’re saying you don’t want to confront what you did or didn’t do for the past week. It was boring. Or not related to your training. Maybe you slept on the couch, or sat in front of your computer gaming. That means you did something, and you likely don’t want to admit to the team what it was. Do you know what the best remedy for this is? Admit it to the team! Take a step towards doing something else, and talking about what is going on is a great step.
Hello, my name is Khona and I spent the past week mindlessly staring at the TV. I know that isn’t a great way to spend my time. I have things I would love to do/have, but no ambition to do anything about it. I feel stuck, like my body is heavy and my mind heavier and so instead of tackling the things that are weighing on me I tend to zone out and stare at a screen watching The Next Generation for eight hours.
Interesting how I can relate watching reruns to my path to mastery. You do see the connection, correct? No matter what you did or didn’t do, you are on a path. And paths go in more than one direction.
So to fix this article, let’s revisit number 2.
Absolutely nothing happened, you did nothing, there’s just nothing to write about.
That’s better.
Next reason- I just forget. Remember when I mentioned our cool ability to create gadgets? One of those things is called an alarm. Most of us have them on our cool smart phones. Also known as reminders. Problem solved.
