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Philip Dodson Blog

A blank screen – arghhhhh!!!

Getting stuck for something to write is silly, we never get stuck for something to say. Well I don’t anyway, I never get talking block.

When I first looked at this blank screen on WordPress today, for a moment I pondered what to write and nothing came up, writers block I told myself (excuses). Then I wrote a few paragraphs, and thought, that was pretty shit.

I deleted it.

Now I am writing this instead. Is this any better? Probably not. If only I hadn’t deleted the other post, you could be spared this.

The fact is, it is still better to write something everyday and share it, than to share nothing at all. As the more you do something, the better you get at it.

There is a good deal of pressure to make perfect, but perfect is another one of these things we are brainwashed to try and achieve, that we will never achieve, and anyway perfect is boring.

I’ll be back tomorrow, the next day and so on, because creating something is far better than never trying.

It’s a marathon not a sprint

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All too often we rush our lives.

Rushing for a train, eating dinner quickly to get on to the next thing, charging from one thing to another and allowing all the stress and pressure to mount. Trying to cram more and more into our days, often frustrated and saying ‘there’s not enough time’.

We are bombarded from all sides about getting things done instantly, about being busy, about doing more and so on.

Don’t do it.

Actually, it is much more productive to take your time, do less and then end up actually doing more in the process.

More importantly, very few things that we ‘need’ to do are so important, that they have to be done immediately, as most of them are not life or death. You can’t put everything off forever, but most things can wait until you are ready to do them well.

So take a step back and plan to do less, spend time doing that ‘less’ really well. Spend time on the things that matter and take time to saviour and enjoy those things.

Not only will you be more productive, you will be less stressed, healthier, more happy and ultimately more successful.

Life is a long journey, with many twists and turns. It is a marathon not a series of one-off sprints.