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Optimize Your Writing Circumstances (TIME OF DAY (YOUR PERSONAL CIRCADIAN…
NOISE LEVEL
:"If the ambient noise in your work space creeps up above about 85 decibels (about the sound of a large truck passing close by) your brain is too busy and distracted for fresh ideas and ‘a-ha’ moments. You can’t think creatively with that kind of sound ... If it’s too quiet though your brain doesn’t make it into the creativity zone. We need some sound to kick the brain into gear and get those ideas flowing. Too quiet and we tend to be distracted by our own thoughts. ... The ideal ambient noise for creativity is around 70 decibels. That’s the sound of the shower running, the dishwasher humming or maybe a lawn mower out in the yard. A bit of background sound without it getting in your ear ... Different people will find different types of sound distracting. I’m writing this in a busy café surrounded by plenty of chatter and background noise. It’s perfect for me. My mind feels cocooned by the ambient noise and I can focus fully on my ideas." --https://problogger.com/how-to-write-brilliant-blog-posts-5-tips-from-psychology/
TIME OF DAY
MORNING
WRITE CREATIVELY IN THE MORNING: "There’s some research that suggests that morning is the best time for creativity for everyone, regardless of whether you’re an early bird or a night owl. Your willpower is stronger in the morning (it’s a finite resource and may not stick with you all the way til an evening writing session) and the creative connections in the brain fire more readily in the early hours of the day, just after sleep." --https://problogger.com/how-to-write-brilliant-blog-posts-5-tips-from-psychology/
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DON'T MULTITASK
"TASK SWITCHING IS INEFFICIENT AND BURNS ENERGY: "Don’t think you can multi-task either. Every time you are distracted from your blogging task you lose focus and productivity. It takes longer and longer for the brain to switch back into work mode. Studies have shown that there is no such thing as muti-tasking as far as the brain is concerned. It can’t do two things at once. It can only switch quickly from one task to the other and this is inefficient and exhausting." --https://problogger.com/how-to-write-brilliant-blog-posts-5-tips-from-psychology/"
HAVE RITUALS
THESE ARE COGNITIVE CUES: "Maybe you always use a particular pen and notebook, or you like to be seated by a window with a view of the street. You might work best after exercising or in your PJs. I get my writing mojo in my favourite café after a yoga class ... Rituals are important because they serve as ‘cognitive cues’, signals to the mind that a particular activity is about to take place and it needs to get into the zone. It creates an association between the steps you take as part of your ritual and a preparedness to knuckle down and get stuff done ... Tip: The key to creating a successful blogging ritual is consistency. You need to enact and repeat the same steps over and over to make it work. Some of you might write every day. Others will only write in a certain location. Your task is to create your writing ritual, put it into practice and repeat it again and again." --https://problogger.com/how-to-write-brilliant-blog-posts-5-tips-from-psychology/
FIND YOUR FLOW
Why you want it
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LOSE SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS, DITCH THE INNER CRITIC
"The beauty of flow is that when we’re in it we lose self-consciousness and inhibition about what we’re doing. A segment of that pesky pre-frontal cortex deactivates and quietens our inner critic. We are free to be more creative, to think more expansively, to worry less about what we’re writing and whether it’s any good." --https://problogger.com/how-to-write-brilliant-blog-posts-5-tips-from-psychology/
How you find it
PICK THINGS NOT TOO HARD, BUT NOT TOO EASY: "To find your flow you need to get the balance of challenge and skill for the task just right. Challenging tasks increase the likelihood that you’ll drop into flow and stay there. If you’re not challenged, you get bored and boredom leads to distraction. If you’re too challenged and your skills aren’t up to the task, that’s when anxiety sets in and you can’t work effectively when you’re anxious." --https://problogger.com/how-to-write-brilliant-blog-posts-5-tips-from-psychology/
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