Sometimes, I just never want to write a damn thing. We all have those days where you want to stay in bed, sit around and do nothing. I’ve skipped meals cause I get too lazy to go out and buy food when food is 5 steps outside of my door (street vendors in Thailand are strategically placed 3 feet in front of any apartment exit door), and I sure as hell am not going to make it myself. I just get to lazy to think and do anything including writing my blog.
How can I, as well as you, solve this problem? Reward yourself for writing a blog post! When you got a good grade in 1st grade, you got that shiny smilie face sticker. Looking back you probably feel ridiculous, but who pimped that off to their friends? “Hey, look at my smilie face sticker! Did you get one? No? Haha, you suck! I’m the best! Nanana…” You get the picture. You were just proud that you got rewarded.
You need to find something that will make you proud, or glad, happy, because of what you wrote. Obviously, there are the trackbacks and comments that you might get from a well written blog, but sometimes we don’t get those. In those cases, comment yourself. Reward yourself with something relaxing or something spontaneous.
Tell yourself before writing, “If I finish this blog post, reread it, check it for errors, and publish it, I am going to give myself (insert reward here).” Make it something you love. If you didn’t eat, and you really want to, refrain, write first and then go eat. If you want to play some Death Match on Halo 3, but you haven’t written your daily blog post, work on your blog. Then you can go frag some noobie ass. You got a steamy date tonight? Well, that’s your reward.
If you don’t finish your blog though, do not, I repeat , DO NOT go off and do what you were going to reward yourself with. This is just spoiling yourself. You are training yourself that it is okay to slack on a job that you are doing. Food, gaming, and that hot chick/guy is just going to have to wait until you fulfill that goal that you are after.
Let us review:
- You want to do something, but you didn’t write your blog today. That is your goal
- Get up, get focused and know when you are done writing, you will get that prize.
- You might be in a rush, but don’t be. Take your time to write thoroughly and correct your spelling and grammar.
- When you are done writing, reward yourself.
- Always remember, you may get extra rewards from your blog readers (Trackbacks and Comments and Links, Oh My!)
What is my reward for writing this blog? It’s almost 3 pm and I still haven’t taken a shower. I smell lovely.
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