3 Ideas to Help You Get Unstuck

Summary

The web content provides strategies for overcoming writer's block by drawing on personal experiences, hobbies, and work-related insights to generate valuable content for readers.

Abstract

The author of the web content shares their personal approach to overcoming writer's block, emphasizing the importance of thinking through one's fingers and allowing subconscious thoughts to surface while writing. They suggest three main sources of inspiration for writers: personal experiences and life lessons, hobbies, and professional expertise. By reflecting on daily routines, chance encounters, and personal perspectives, writers can create meaningful content. Hobbies, such as photography, can also serve as a rich source of material for writing. Additionally, the author encourages writers to draw from their work experiences, offering insights that can benefit others in similar fields. The article concludes with a reminder that providing value to readers is key to successful writing and maintaining their interest.

Opinions

The author believes that writing should provide value to the reader and that fluff-filled content will quickly lose audience attention.
Personal experiences are deemed a valuable resource for writing, as they offer unique perspectives that can resonate with readers and potentially influence their lives.
Hobbies are not only a source of enjoyment but can also be monetized and serve as a basis for writing material, especially during times of creative block.
Work-related experiences, regardless of the field, can yield insights and lessons that are worth sharing and can be beneficial to others professionally.
The author asserts that success in writing, as in life, should be defined by the individual rather than societal standards, advocating for a "Freedom Lifestyle" where one lives life on their own terms.

Pull your head out of the sand.

“Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.” Isaac Asimov

It’s Sunday Morning, just about 7 AM my time. I am an early riser, have been all my life.

I went to the community center for my morning meditation and prayers before starting my day with a biscuit and egg breakfast at my favorite restaurant.

I started writing on Medium about the time when they changed the Medium Partnership Program and the way they paid writers. I like the idea of getting paid for the time people spend reading my content. If I am offering value, then I’ll get paid. If I am stuffing my content with fluff, I’ll lose readers faster than the legendary Speedy Gonzales.

Every morning I am faced with the same question, “What should I write about today?” The answers don’t always come easy, as is the case today. So I am just writing. I have learned that when I do that, my subconscious will unearth something of value that I can share with my readers — that’s you.

If you’re still with me, thank you. I don’t claim to be an expert on everything; I am not Isaac Asimov. I am, however, a jack of many trades and a master of some. Therefore, I can write about a few things.

Even if you’re not a jack of many trades, there are things that you can write about almost any day. I want to share three things that you can use when you’re in a bind.

Personal experience and life lesson of the day.

I started this piece with my personal experience of waking up early and starting my day. It’s not about my morning routine. It’s about using my morning routine to find some value that I can share with others.

There were days when I wrote about meeting someone the day before, and what I gained from that meeting. You can write about people you like or don’t like, the ideas you like or don’t like, or write a commentary on something you heard or read.

Everyone lives their life to the best of their abilities, or at least most people try. Everyone sees the world differently. Your perspective may be just the thing someone might need to create a change in their life. You never know, so don’t underestimate your personal experience and lessons learned from it.

Here is a story I wrote about what multiple pieces of content with the same theme showing up on the same day taught me.

Your Hobby can be a source of writing material

While I use it as one of my profit centers these days, photography started as a hobby for me many years ago.

I’ve been taking pictures since the early 1980s. I enjoy walking around with my camera to see what I can find. It could be a feather and a leaf in a parking lot, or a pair of bald eagles sitting on a tree limb in my neighborhood.

This past Christmas Day, I found myself in a quandary. I live in a Mobile Domicile and work out of restaurants and coffee shops. Since it was Christmas, most restaurants were closed.

I was committed to writing a daily blog post, and I couldn’t think about anything to write. Not only that, I couldn’t use my computer because there was no place for me to sit down and plug it in. So I decided to write my post using the phone and used the photos from my phone gallery to come up with an idea for the blog post. To my surprise, Medium chose to curate it in creativity within an hour.

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Pull your head out of the sand.

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You check the pictures on your phone, of course. Bald Eagles, cranes, and ducks.

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