Reprinted from a 2013 blog post.
Yesterday I brushed past this blog, read the stats and clicked on to my next blog, checked its stats and moved on. I had nothing new to write. I was empty. There was zip, nada, nil, zero. As the day wore on I wondered how I could possibly be a writer and be word-dry.
As dawn broke this morning (well, dawn didn't exactly break--it was rainy and dark), I headed to the computer with my coffee. "Oh," I said to myself, "Today will be a good writing day. It's always good to write in the rain because there is no temptation to play in the sun instead."
So I zipped past my blogs again, hoping to fill them with something to keep them optimized, but nothing profound came.
Instead of doing any actual writing today, I fell back into the old R&R routine, Read and Research.
By mid-afternoon I stumbled upon some interesting free downloads and in them was the concept I'm about to explain. The reason I've chosen to add it here is because half an hour prior, the same concept came across my path. It seemed like something I was meant to share.
When a concept crosses my path twice in short stead, especially by two distinct individuals who, as far as I know, aren't connected, I pay attention.
THE CONCEPT
The first writer shared that if you make vague "I want" type goals, you merely attract more of the same. You attract a recurring want. For instance, if you state, “I want to be a competitive jockey,” your time and energy will result in that outcome--the wanting to be a jockey.
Instead, you should say, "I am a jockey and will compete competitively in 2014." With this stronger version of the same thought, you will be more likely to take steps to actually fulfill the goal.
Tonight I re-read a free download called You Are a Writer (So Start Acting Like One), by Jeff Goins http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007YJEIAS?tag=kiq-free-e-20. In this little ebook, Goins suggests a person needs to believe they are what they want to be and then start acting like it.
That goes with something I discussed with my diet coach too. I suggested to her I do some visualization seeing myself as thin and seeing the scale reporting a lower number. The concept is this: If you want to be a thin, healthy person, say, "I'm a thin and healthy person."
If you want to be a writer, say, "I'm a writer."
Don't wait for someone to validate the idea. Don't keep wishing for it. Accept your calling now.
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| This is a cover my daughter and I designed for a competition we didn't win. |
As dawn broke this morning (well, dawn didn't exactly break--it was rainy and dark), I headed to the computer with my coffee. "Oh," I said to myself, "Today will be a good writing day. It's always good to write in the rain because there is no temptation to play in the sun instead."
So I zipped past my blogs again, hoping to fill them with something to keep them optimized, but nothing profound came.
Instead of doing any actual writing today, I fell back into the old R&R routine, Read and Research.
By mid-afternoon I stumbled upon some interesting free downloads and in them was the concept I'm about to explain. The reason I've chosen to add it here is because half an hour prior, the same concept came across my path. It seemed like something I was meant to share.
When a concept crosses my path twice in short stead, especially by two distinct individuals who, as far as I know, aren't connected, I pay attention.
THE CONCEPT
The first writer shared that if you make vague "I want" type goals, you merely attract more of the same. You attract a recurring want. For instance, if you state, “I want to be a competitive jockey,” your time and energy will result in that outcome--the wanting to be a jockey.
Instead, you should say, "I am a jockey and will compete competitively in 2014." With this stronger version of the same thought, you will be more likely to take steps to actually fulfill the goal.
Tonight I re-read a free download called You Are a Writer (So Start Acting Like One), by Jeff Goins http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007YJEIAS?tag=kiq-free-e-20. In this little ebook, Goins suggests a person needs to believe they are what they want to be and then start acting like it.
That goes with something I discussed with my diet coach too. I suggested to her I do some visualization seeing myself as thin and seeing the scale reporting a lower number. The concept is this: If you want to be a thin, healthy person, say, "I'm a thin and healthy person."
If you want to be a writer, say, "I'm a writer."
Don't wait for someone to validate the idea. Don't keep wishing for it. Accept your calling now.
