Help Me Find My Mojo!
November 2, 2009 · Posted in blogging, motivation, pj by pj
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If you’ve been wondering where I’ve disappeared to this past month, here’s the answer: I’ve been dealing with a pretty serious issue, one that’s left me basically incapacitated. No, I’m not talking about swine flu. I’m talking about the dreaded Writer’s Block.
Have you ever felt like you’ve lost your creative mojo? It’s like I’ve run out of steam. For a while I was maintaining three blogs. Besides writing for EAD Living, I had my personal blog and my business blog. I thought I could keep my life separated into neat, little compartments, but that’s turned out to be pretty hard to do. And coming up with topics to discuss on a daily basis for three outlets has suddenly become very overwhelming. Despite living an active life, I find myself blanking out on what to write about when staring at the computer screen. Even writing this post has been challenging!
So I ask you, fellow EAD Living bloggers and readers, how do you unlock your creativity? For those of you who write for several outlets, how do you come up with a multitude of ideas every day?
I am creative {at least I think so} by not pressuring myself to be creative. Maybe try not to force it :)
Lauren’s most recent blog post: The Fairy God Mother and the Pirate
Go out for dinner, complete with glass of wine, then listen to music - loud - preferably to new music you haven’t heard before. New music can really get your creative juices flowing especially when you are in a place of no-stress ie. coming from a tasty meal that you didn’t make where you were waited on and didn’t have to do dishes. So stay up a bit writing that night afterward, and sleep in a bit that morning! Why do the same routine all the time? You can do this once every 2 weeks and it will hlep :)
I keep a running list of post topics. Whenever I think of something that could work for any of my blogs I jot it down so I can refer to it later. Some of my topics never get used, but I’ve found that when I do that I always have something to say!
Jenna’s most recent blog post: Belly Bump: 16 Weeks
