Why Writing Feels so Stressful and What to do About It
The one habit that takes away all the stress from your writing sessions
As much as you love writing, you also hate it, especially on those days when it seems like the most painful thing ever. The ideas and words are in your head, but putting them on paper feels like climbing Mount Everest with a volcano strapped to your chest. You push, digging in deep and bleeding, one word after the other.
Now a sentence.
Then a paragraph.
You wish writing the book/article would be as easy as dreaming about it. The pain burns everywhere in your head, the criticisms. Of course, you are definitely a hack with that terrible sentence, the nasty voice in your head says.
You pause, trying to gather your wits.
After some daydreaming and dreading, you get back to it. Eventually, you wind up with two pages. Exhausted, you look at the time, it’s been almost two hours. This will have to do for today, you tell yourself, tomorrow we go again.
I lived this reality for at least two years before it dawned on me that writing didn’t have to be so painful every time.
