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Yes here I am again with this dreaded writers block. It seems just as you find your on a flow this thing called writers block steps in and holts your progress.

I am now finding that if I want to get back into the flow of writing I am just going to have to adopt the concept of the warrior and the pen or as the Nike logo would say Just Do It!

I suppose when I look back and analyze this thing called writers block it is an accumulation of my own imaginary fear’s of failure and the perception of having to be perfect every time I make an attempt to create new content for a new post or article.

Time now to follow my own advice and apply some straggic measures to over come this writers block.

1) Do 20mins of Tai Chi and resume writing.

2) Go for at least an hours walk around the block.

3) Listen to an inspirational sound track.

4) Watch an inspirational DVD.

5) Go make a cake !!!

6) Go wash the car.

7) Get egg timer out and set for 20 mins while writing. Only answer phone when 20 mins is up.

Have a reminder on the wall that say’s “No body is perfect”.

Know for my next article.

How many times have you said to youreslf today is the day I will get that blog post up only to find that another day, another week, another month and another year has gone by and your still sitting there procrastinating.

Up until now procrastinating as always been one of my biggest obstacles and as a newbie to the bloggersphere I found I was looking for all kinds of excuses to why I could not put up a post. I was basicley sitting were I am just watching the post’s of others go up other than mine.

Surfing the bloggersphire

I was on a quest to finding the anwser to my procrastinating. I felt like the Indiana Jones of the bloggersphere.  In my quest I came across names such as chrisbrogan, copyblogger and many more. The tips I picked up from these guy’s were like little golden nuggets.

The Winne the Pooh Guide to Blogging

My break thru came when I read The Winne the Pooh Guide to Blogging by James Chartrand. I so, so related to lesson 1: “You can’t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them somtimes.”

How many times have you sat in the corner of your forest waiting for others to come?

Lesson 1 is a lesson we can all learn from and my lesson begins today with me getting out of the corner of my forest and tugging on your sleeve.