Procrastination is a nice safe place to be in, isn’t it? I know I find myself hiding behind it sometimes.
Watch the video below to find out how to be courageous and get out of the procrastination safe zone.
Hello my lovely writers, how are you?
A few more words of wisdom about what it is to be a writer. What it is to be a creative and to keep on going because, what’s going on in your head is just as, if not more, important than what is actually going on on the page.
It’s important to work on your heart and your head to keep yourself in the game and to keep yourself writing. To stop yourself giving up before you’ve finished so you can finish that story, novel, or book and go on to publish it or find yourself an agent or whatever path is right for you.
One thing I’ve noticed about a lot of writers – and I will hold my hand up here as I do this myself from time to time – is we get stuck in procrastination and keep putting off our writing.
Procrastination is a safe place to be
The reason we do that is because procrastination is a nice, safe place to be, isn’t it? When we’re umming and ahhing about things, weighing up the pros and cons and heading down that research rabbit hole, it’s a very safe place to stay.
It’s not necessarily the most fun or fulfilling place to be. It’s not going to get you where you want to be, which is a finished book with readers who love your stories. But it feels safe because it doesn’t require risk. It doesn’t require putting ourselves out on the skinny branches and taking a gamble on ourselves.
So we stay where we are. We stay procrastinating. We stay umming and ahhing and thinking about things because it feels safe.
The only way you’re going to get to where you want to be with this vision you have for yourself as an author who has published books, who is selling books, who has readers, who has an agent or who has a publisher, is to stop procrastinating. Take the gamble on yourself, get out there on those skinny branches and be courageous.
You’ve got to be courageous
You’ve got to be courageous. Even when you’re imagining the worst things in the world, even when you’re imagining people are going to say horrible things about your writing and about you for even daring to want to do this, you’ve still got to take a deep breath and do it anyway. That is the only way you’re going to get to where you want to be.
If you want help to leave the procrastination safe zone, I’m the lady to come to. I’m the one who can help you. If you want to know how I can help you leave procrastination behind, send me an email at emma@emmadhesi.com.
It’s only by being courageous will you get to where you want to be. But do you know what? You can do it. You can absolutely do it.
Emma xx
Emma Dhesi
Emma Dhesi is a Certified Author Accelerator Book Coach and bestselling author who helps writers let go of perfectionism, self-doubt and writer's block through her signature programme, Unlock Your Creative Block.
She is the host of the YouTube Channel, Emma Dhesi, where she interviews debut and experienced authors alike.
Through her 1:1 coaching programme, Emma helps new authors start and finish their first novel.
Emma provides personal written feedback on their pages and guides them through the emotional rollercoaster that is writing a novel!
