4 Ways To Overcome Your Writer’s Block

We’ve all faced this obstacle at some point in our lives. From writing that report in middle school about a completely uninteresting topic, to writing an email to a coworker about sales figures, to writing a resume that’s overly inflated. We often struggle to find the right combination of words that both make us look good and that convey our intent to the reader. And if you are more of a professional writer, then this is something you encounter every single day of your life with all of your work.

As of late my publishing schedule on Medium has dwindled to its all time low. Where I used to write 6–10 articles per month, I now sit at around 2 articles and am struggling to string together entertaining thoughts. It’s not that ideas aren’t there, because that’s never going to be true for anyone. There is enough happening in the world that every single person could write a unique piece without overlap at any point in time.

My biggest problem is that my system when it comes to writing isn’t 100%. I take days off, I delete drafts, I talk myself out of writing for the day because “reasons”. Maybe I’m too tired, or maybe I deserve to take a day off to rest. You get the idea. That means that I need a new system because as the Greek poet Archilechus states, “We don’t rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training.”.