Interference, Interruptions and White Noise
In this technological day and age, communication is so much easier than it has ever been - interruptions to our daily lives are at an enormously high level and we no longer notice the actual impact this is having on our lives. Is turning on your emails the first thing you do in the morning? So many of us are guilty of planning our lives around our emails as and when we receive them. Do you let your emails rule your life by answering them as they come in? This is one of the biggest interruptions we now face. If you look at it like a lot of people talking to you all at once, you will begin to see that these questions/emails can and should wait until you are ready to deal with them. You wouldn't have 40 people in your office all asking you questions and expecting answers there and then - treat your emails like this. Emails should be an advantage to us, we have the ability to put them off until we are ready. Try only switching your emails on twice a day with a long interval between each check - make sure this isn't first thing in the morning, as that will again start to shape your day. When your day becomes shaped by emails you have no control and you won't get any quiet uninterrupted time to yourself to put in the quality hours of writing you need. Also, how many of us have received emails that upset us and really disturb our creative flow?
Constant interruptions mean that by the end of the day, we are exhausted from doing a lot, but nothing we wanted or set out to do. Don't keep subjecting yourself to this feeling. This is a sure fire way of becoming unsatisfied with the amount of work you are getting through and subsequently your writing will become an enormous task - hanging over you when you should be feeling satisfied with what you have achieved. You will begin to dread the task of writing and this is when you begin to freeze.
Make sure you clear your working time of any interruptions and achieve a small amount each day. By feeling as though you have achieved something you will feel as though you are getting somewhere with your writing and will avoid the onset of the brain freeze.
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