It’s that time of the week when I start to feel anxious and excited about adding a post to this blog. This creates an internal deadline for me. It’s both a good and not so good feeling. I start to ask myself “what should I write about?”
This leads to a whole sequence of questions
- What do I know about this?
- Do I have facts and material ready?
- How can I make this interesting?
- Do I have the time?
- Am I ready to write, edit and produce?
- When will I be ready? (i.e., motivated, relaxed, organized, inspired, etc.)
The answer to these questions seems to be. “Definitely not today! I am not ready, so wait til tomorrow at or longer”.
There’s no hurry, so I should put it off for awhile. Go and watch TV, or play some solitaire. I have a strong urge to get distracted and take my mind off this anxiety- producing problem!
Based on many years of procrastination, I know this is an ineffective decision. Using the Nike slogan (but really it’s not their idea) my best decision is
“Just Do It!”
I will never be ready enough to write a blog. I just need to start by opening WordPress and start typing. I can edit on the fly and change my ideas as I write. I need to bootstrap myself into the activity. If I need an image to substantiate my idea, something will come forth. Yes I need to start with a germ of an idea, but it doen’t need to be completely thought out, I need to rely on my intuition and trust the page will not stay blank for too long.
I realize that blogging can be much like drawing. It starts with a blank sheet and marks are added one at a time based on some initial observations. Each new mark is inspired by the previous marks and slowly but surely an image, and idea starts to form and the final result may not or will not be anything like the original. It will probably be much mucn better.
This is how this post was created.
