Keeping on the Move

Everyday can be a struggle. You wake, shower, dress, eat and sit in front of the computer staring at the screen waiting for the words to come. Waiting. Just waiting. Instead you make yourself a cup of tea, bake a cake, go for a walk (exercise is of course the last resort). And finally you are back where you started, standing still and staring at the small blinking line. So, how do you get inspiration? How to you keep moving?

Recently I bought myself a white board. Wow, I didn't realise the joys of having a whiteboard until I had it sitting on my wall. I'd had it sitting on the floor for about a month and finally, 3 days ago, I convinced my Dad to put it up on my wall (I just don't trust myself with a drill). And now, it's constantly full of thoughts and ideas. It's as if I can now put my thoughts down easily and now I can see them out before me.

So, tip #1 - Get a whiteboard and put it on your wall.

I constantly have a stack of plain white paper next to my bed (which is kind of like my desk) in which I doodle over when I'm doing anything i.e. talking on the phone, writing an email, thinking about the world, scrolling through facebook, talking to someone and so on. And in this doodling I come up with pictures, quotes, one liners and sometimes dialogue. It really is the most amazing thing.

Tip #2 - Always have some blank A4 paper lying around.

If you're feeling inspiredless (yes, I know it's not a word) I tend to watch a tv episode or a video blog, or read a blog because that always inspires me to get creative.

Tip #3 - Have a few inspiring blogs, vblogs ect. that you can go to when you're feeling dry.

And thus ends today blog post...