If you find yourself thinking anxiety-producing thoughts such as ... |
... then change your attitude: encourage yourself and tell yourself how to get the job done: |
1. "Nothing I put down will be any good." |
1. "It's not doing any good to be so critical of myself. I'll just get something on paper and improve it later." |
2. "I can't think of how to begin." |
2. "I don't have to start at the beginning. I'll start somewhere else and write the introduction later" |
3. "I intended to write today and I've puttered around instead: I'm a failure." |
3. "Everybody procrastinates when writing: it's natural. I just need to expect it and plan for it." |
4. "I feel inadequate to write this: it's hopeless." |
4. "I expect too much of myself. I can learn what I need to know and write down what I learn." |
5. "I strive for perfection in writing." |
5. "Nobody's perfect ... but I can be competent at what I do. I'll strive for competence." |
6. "I haven't started to write when I intended to, so I might as well blow it off." |
6. "I can still get something done. I'll just write for five minutes and then I'll be started." |
7. "I can't write if conditions are not exactly right." |
7. "I'm kidding myself. I can get some good solid work done in a variety of situations if I will just let myself." |
8. "I'm not a born writer. Writing comes so hard for me. I don't have the talent." |
8. "Most writing isn't talent: it's time and work. I don't have to be a born writer to get this job done; I just need to put in the time and attention." |
9. "I'm not creative." |
9. "I'm scaring myself. Calm down. All I have to do is finish this task, this job. My value as a person is not on the line." |
10. "I can't write this until I understand it all." |
10. "If I wait until I know it all, I'll never start, much less finish. I can write the parts that I do understand now." |
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