Break The ‘Blogger’s Block’ In 4 Trouble-Free Steps

For those who don’t know what a ‘blogger’s block’ is, it is something that causes you mind to go blank and keeps you away from writing. That’s what I am going through right now. Every blogger, or broadly, any kind of writer must have gone through or will go through such a block in his/her life time. Don’t worry it isn’t some deficiency syndrome, it’s just a temporary mental blockage and it’s quite common among writers.

However, the duration of this block can keep extending if you aren’t able to take necessary measures. It’s quite imperative to avoid this at any cost because this can hinder one’s work and ultimately income. Since past many days, I have been trying to develop a way that can eradicate blogger’s block and I am quite glad to inform you that I have developed a successful one. Hee is it.

• Finding the key nuisance

  

  It requires efforts and thorough self-analysis to spot the reason that bothering you and distracting you from writing. In my case, it was quite simple. I was just exhausted with loads of work. And this has turned out to be the most common reason for blogger’s block.However, there are numerous other reasons that can avoid you from writing. Some are depressed due to lesser traffic or fewer comments on their latest blog, while the mind of other bloggers may be occupied with personal fretfulness caused by family, friends, or colleagues.

  The genuine reason would be known only if you are sincere and honest in finding the actual reason of botheration.

  Warning:
  Moving on to step two without diagnose the real cause may lead to another block.

• Examine how it is affecting your work

  After you know the core reason of the block, focus your attention of the harmful effects of the problem. Try to comprehend why it is not allowing you to work. This step might need more concentration and discipline than the previous one but do it because you are facing the block.By doing this, you could either try to solve the problem or try to work around it. I realized that I had laden myself with much work other than blogging that kept me from finishing any of my work. I listed down all the tasks that I have to do with priority. Now that I have all the problems on paper, I can move on to the next step. Make sure you do the same as well.

• Sketch a plan

  Problems can be dealt with easily if you derive a plan to solve it. You have listed dow your problems and know how is it affecting your work. Now is the best time to derive a strategy to attack the problem. Here are few steps that can be helpful.

  • Prioritizing:

    

    If you are overworked like me, and that’s what has caused the blogger’s block, an easy way to initiate the attack on your problem is prioritizing. There are numerous things that I have to due during weekdays which I cannot avoid and most of the blogging is done during weekends. That was I always used to do. However, I realized that there are several other stuffs that I do during the weekends, most of which are not as important as blogging.So, I started prioritizing my work. I started ranking the tasks according to the importance. This helps you to know what needs to be done first and what are the activities that you can avoid or procrastinate. Then, it’s quite simple, set a schedule.

  • Set targets:

    Where will you go until you know where you want to go? This isn’t only for blogging but for all the scheduled tasks. Set a target every week and strive to achieve them. Don’t be depressed, if you fail to achieve otherwise it may lead to another blogger’s block. These targets are just to make sure you know what you have to achieve.

  • Continuous motivation:

    You could achieve anything if you have enormous motivation to do it and it’s true. However, you cannot be equally motivated to do all the tasks. To be motivated to blog, keep reminding yourself about the targets, benefits, usefulness, etc. If that doesn’t work there are numerous motivational resources on the web. Don’t be reticent, collect your resources and be motivated, always.You are done with your strategy. Now let’s move on with step 4.

• Sit back and watch

  We have heard thousands of lectures on “do now”, “the time is now”, and blah, blah, blah. However, if you are going through a blogger’s block, it’s time to relax. Accept that you are going through some mental stress which needs to be sorted out first before getting back to work.

  Last weekend, I decided not to work at all. My mind needed some rest, some refreshment. So, I disconnected my notebook, switched off my mobile phone, and listened to some soft music watching the sun rise with a hot cup of coffee. It was a pleasant start that refreshed my mind but not fully. So I spent the rest of the day doing lots of leisure activities without thinking a bit about my work.

  Next morning I was totally relaxed and was ready to write. I also realized that my blog wouldn’t suffer much if I

  

  don’t write for a day. Please note that this point alone is sufficient to get out of the blogger’s block. However, the above mentioned three steps make sure that it doesn’t happen over and over again.

Conclusion

With such a rigorous plan that I have developed recently, I don’t think so I will allow myself to go through such a block again. However, I sometimes hope that it appears again. The day, last Saturday, I took an off from work was just awesome. It was like a mini vacation for me. We all need a bit of refreshment from work occasionally. I don’t know about others, but even after helluva prioritizing I won’t be able to spare a day off in coming months. Hence, my experience of blogger’s block was a blessing in disguise.