Current mood: anxious
Category: Writing and Poetry
Phrase 1: I need an attitude adjustment. To optimistic from the pessimistic one that I have from fear of failure.
Phrase 2: Embrace the gifts I’ve actually been given, a chance to entertain the reader not like they want maybe but through my great imagination.
I said it in my last post in my writer's journal what is "writer’s block" is actually anxiety or fear. Fear that I’ll never live up to expectations, or I will never be able to finish the book, or that nothing I will write down is interesting enough so everyone will hate it, so why bother.
Phrase 3: Doing something that will make me feel calm or anxiety free. First, it needs to be something I know I can actually do, second it’s visible and solid.
It’s not like writing where I'm not sure how to start a scene, or if I’ve gotten distracted,
those are too intangible, something mundane like washing my hair or reading
someone else book that I really don't like but they got publish.
But whatever task I should choose I am hoping to short circuits the panic and I go
back to work and be unblocked.
So, dearest Journal I am going to go give the puppies a bath Maybe that is
the shot in the arm I need to jump start my blockage. Chat with you tomorrow.