If you are human, you have experienced some type of disappointment in your life, and will continue to do so. You may have been disappointed in yourself, someone else or a situation. Either way, it does not feel good. Good things, however, can come from these disappointing situations, and you can use them to overcome blogger’s block.
1. Relay the situation
It’s perfectly fine to write about the disappointment on your site; in fact, I would encourage you to do it. However, be cautious about revealing the real names of the people and places involved in the situation.
Instead of writing, “Mary, my supervisor at ABC Bank, reprimanded me for being insubordinate,” you can write, “My supervisor wrote me up for something I didn’t do.” This will work if your audience does not know where you work. However, if you have revealed details about your workplace on your site, write your story on someone else’s site or share it as a guest post.
2. Write as many details as possible
This will help you see the situation more clearly by reflecting on how the situation began, what’s going on now, and how to bring it to a close. If the situation is over, you can still jot down things you remember to fill in blanks or to increase clarity of the situation.
3. Share your feelings
Sharing your feelings is quite therapeutic. Write whatever you were feeling at different stages of the situation, with the person and with yourself. How did you feel when the disappointment first occurred? How did you manage your emotions – or did you? What was the final outcome? Address all of this and more.
4. Note Lessons Learned
In every situation you encounter, there is at least one lesson. More than likely, you learned more about yourself; you learned about other people; or you learned how to handle certain situations. After recording the details of the disappointment, you will note how you reacted during this situation, what you could have done differently and ways to do things differently in the future.
As you can see, documenting disappointments will not only help you overcome blogger’s block, it is also very therapeutic. You not get a chance to see the situation more clearly and look at yourself more closely.
I often run out of ideas. Your blog was motivational. I will surely try to follow your tips when I write my next blog post.
Let me know if you need help with kick starting your blogging mojo.
I do that often on a couple of my blogs. I don’t call folks out by name, but I do talk about issues and situations that irk me, if you will. I also work on turning them into lessons that others can use for more positive results at a later time. In other words, even bad things give you the opportunity to put something positive out. 🙂