Tips for success

This is linked to the last post about Bloggers block and originally there was going to be a post or two between them. However this past month I lost my second rat Splinter after a bad health period for him. So instead of putting this post off, I decided it's best to just do it now. These are things that I've been told, or I've told others and thought they would probably be better all in one place. So here we go!

Stop snoozing!

Stop hitting the snooze button!

They say how you get up the morning or start the morning is how you are going to get through the day, so you snooze you lose basically. Just throw it against the wall and start the day with a bang...literally if you throw it hard enough!

Stop putting it off!

Stop waiting until the next day, the next month and so on. Exactly what or who are you waiting for? Go get it done! Procrastination doesn't help in anyway because you will regret it when you realise just how much you could have got done.

Don't be materialistic.

Be motivated by accomplishing something good, or intelligence and knowledge. Yeah OK money is good, it helps pays bills, keeps us fed and warm in a home. It's not all there is in your success though, owning fancy cars or big houses is nice I'm sure, but that's not all there is in your life.

Get off your butt!

Heard someone say this on the train to work "aw i should really get ***** sorted out but I can't be bothered and would rather watch TV" Failed already! Being lazy is great when you actually have nothing to do and can relax, but you won't get anywhere with anything if you don't actually do it. So get off the couch or where ever it is you're being lazy, you know you've got stuff to handle like a boss!

Accept the failures.

Don't panic if you fail, turn it into a funny story or take what you learn from it and step it up on your next go. Don't give up because one chance didn't work out, just keep moving forward.

Don't be silent!

Say you need help! You can miss a lot by just not saying anything, say you are looking for work or say you need help to get your promotion and prove why you should! All anyone can say is no to you and the opposite of that could lead to something good for you.

Celebrate others success.

 Other peoples success is not your failure, jealousy is an absolute sneaky bitch that way. Focus on your own efforts and then it will be you with the success, don't let someones goals make you feel like your goals aren't worth trying for.

Focus on you!

Do it for you. You can't make everyone happy, you would be surprised how many people try to keep everyone happy and then end up miserable in the process. You don't need to be selfish or a jerk about it, but just know when you need to step back and work on you and your happiness.

The bottom line.

Don't give up. The world doesn't owe you anything, not a single damn thing. So go out there and work your ass off and make things happen instead of waiting. 

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I've seen a lot of people, myself included, do some if not all of these things. There is a reason some sayings are cliches and it's because they are truth and that is why they are forever quoted, because they work. I've been doing these and accomplished many goals whether they are big or small, and clearly wouldn't have done it if I had sat around on my butt. Success doesn't mean the same to everyone, for some it is that high ranking and well paid job, for some it's recognition for their hard work, for others it's just self improvement. No matter what the goal is, the success will never be reached without working for it.

B x

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Tips for bloggers block

Brain? totally fried. Blank screen? totally mocking you. Mind isn't just wandering it's just up and left and went on holiday and left you behind.

Ok so, the tips I have for having this kind of block has been tried and tested by myself many times and they do work for me. I've told some friends who write books/lyrics the same tips and most of them say they did find them quite helpful or it led them to finding their own way to unblock, which is just wonderful.

so.. Lets begin:

Swear and scream

Swear like an angry trucker. I mean it, you just get up and start ranting and raving like an absolute maniac, yelling, swearing and waving your arms around, you just go full on crazy!

.... uh in your own home, not like in public ok? good.

I've found just ranting about something, anything ends up leading to a proper outlet about something that had been bothering you or blocking you that you might not have even known about, it's a weird feeling to finally be done with your rant and you then suddenly know exactly what you want/need to say. Weird, but a very freeing feeling. 

Kicking it old style

Get away from technology, I've said this to a few people and the response has been "but I need it to write" oh hell no you don't! thousands of stories have been written without computers, typewriters, phones, ipads (you see where i am going?) One thing that has worked well for me is to switch everything off, sit with a piece of paper and a pen near me and just relax with a cup of tea or maybe a book. A break from everything electrical can actually do wonders for your mind. 

One of my many tea breaks

Stop analysing and planning!

Don't plan your posts, sure writing down ideas of posts you would like to do is helpful but don't sit there analysing every single word you will say. I have a small notebook I take everywhere with me and it's filled with scribbles and doodles and somewhere in that mess there is ideas like a full skin care post or a challenge like "how much is my face worth" but they are barely sentences, just enough to jog my memory so I'm not locked into the exact sentence I've wrote and can let my mind go free.

Start networking.

Read other blogs, don't be that one dick blogger that doesn't get involved or interested in other peoples work but expect everyone to like yours, just don't be that one. Other bloggers styles of writing open up a lot of ideas, it can trigger thoughts that have nothing to do with their particular post at all, it's the same as reading a novel, the more you read the more you will think.

It's social networking you can make loads of friends with blogs and do collaborations with them or even just have someone who understands what it's like to be looking at that blank screen and you can bounce ideas off each other. Circling back to the "don't be a dick" thing... give the credit where it's due, if someone has inspired your post, link them/tag them or what ever is needed.

Out and about.

Try changing the environment, cafe, book store, museum, library, friends house, different room in the house (no one needs to know you blog in the bathtub!) You don't even need to go with the idea of writing, you could just for a walk for some fresh air, find a new place to relax in. Feel free to take your tablet, ipad or notebook with you just in case though!

My place is definitely anywhere near the sea

These are just tips that work for me and I've found that worked for some of my friends. Also for a full hour before this post, I was staring at my screen with a notepad filled with ideas and nothing was coming to mind or nothing was really inspiring me to write. That my friends, is how this fairly long blog post came about, I used my tips for unblocking and in the middle came the idea of... "other people have this problem, let's just write about that"

So there we have it, I'd love to know your tips for getting your mind going and fingers typing. Leave me a comment, never know when a new tip might come in handy!

B x

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