How to plug into your Flow State and write Badass Content

Have you ever had a deadline to meet and the best you could do was stare at your gadget or the paper on your table? Nothing seemed to inspire you and it felt like someone snoozed your brain.

Do you also remember those times when every idea fell into place, when it looked like the thoughts in your head was running faster than your hands could type the words and the only time you raised your head to breathe was when you put that final full stop with a deep sigh? At those moments you had zero negativity, high creativity and absolute focus. That is a flow state.

A consistent flow state is attainable

Having a creative bloc and deadlines to meet can drive you nuts. The question that begs to be answered is how you can attain a consistent flow state.

• Find your Passion

“Never underestimate the vital importance of finding early in life the work that for you is play”. Passion for what you do naturally makes you flow easily.

• Determine your Blogging Path

So, you don’t like writing but you have great and interesting ideas you want to share. Well good news… blogging and new media is not just about writing. You can be a podcaster, video or visual blogger.

The visual social web is driven by awesome images, great videos and photos that go viral. Many successful blogs are powered by YouTube videos, Fashionistas with glamour shots that inspire, images that are beautiful works of art.

• Identify your Energized Focus moment

“Where focus goes, energy flows.” There is no way you can write great content without focus. Knowing when and why your focus is at its peak is very important, because understanding the patterns of your focused moments helps you know what to do to get into that state.

34% of bloggers acknowledge that they love to write at night before going to bed while 49% admit that they flow better in the wee hours of the morning. For me, I’m able to think deeply and write effectively when there is no noise. It could be at any time of the day. That’s my style. For you, it may be different.

• Increase your Knowledge regularly

“You can’t give what you don’t have.”

The reason why many are unable to enter into the flow state is because they read less. Ideas don’t fall down from the sky, they come from research and critical thinking. In flow state, your mind searches through tons of information stored in your memory to come up with what is eventually written. You can’t see it, but you are building neural pathways in your brain that connects old information to new information and those neural pathways for reading are shared by written communication

Go find your passion. Challenge yourself by reading at least two inspiring books every month.

Now over to you,

What do you do to enter into the flow state? What’s your secret? Time to learn from you– Leave a comment below.

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