Oooohhh, a shiny object!

I write for a living. Sometimes the last thing I want to do when I get home is write some more. I mean, I write some kick-ass marketing copy during the day. That takes brain power, people.

I say sometimes it’s the last thing I want to do, because almost 100% of the time, I have all of these crazy, weird ideas in my head of what I want to write about.

But, I get distracted.

OR

I put my copywriter hat on

and re-read the post 17 times before I decide to change three words that were CRITICAL to the blog being understood.

Both options suck.

Distractions are the worst. I’ll sit down to write what I know may be a more time-consuming post, like this one on My Travel Essentials, and I’ll easily get distracted. Distracting things include: my cat, a commercial, “Did I get the mail?”, Facebook, the news, a golfer missing his shot so I can run to the window to make fun of him (we live on the 13th hole) or needing to pee and then forgetting to come back to the post.

I’ve also had to make a concerted effort to not be so hard on my writing in this here blog. It’s fun writing. I can relax more. You people are my lovely clients and you’re a blasty-blast! So if I miss a comma, just know I did it on purpose.

Like the gangsta’ I am.

If I know it takes some time, instead of breaking it down into smaller writing sessions, I’ll just actively avoid it. Since that’s what mature adults do.

Like the gangsta’ I am.

How do you avoid distractions or blogger’s block?

I’d love to hear your input or ooooohhh shiny object!