How To Stay Well When Overwhelmed While Writing

What it took to quiet my inner critic

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A few years ago while writing my first book, my life felt like a nightmare. Not just my work-life. My life-life. The problem: crazy amounts of time stressing out in bed instead of working.

I wish I could say I figured it out quickly and want to share my tips. Not so, my friends. I bounced around like a crazy-ass ping-pong ball and it sucked. Luckily, my suffering is your salvation.

I won’t blather on since you’re probably looking for a fast way out of frustration forest if you’re reading this. Besides, I’m a minimalist. So let’s get to it.

Deal With Your Demons

I wish that someone told me that all my s*** would come floating to the surface (which is gross) like I ate oatmeal for breakfast (which I do). They didn’t, but I learned that quickly.

Every negative thing that I could think about myself flew at me on my bad days. You’re too slow. You don’t know what you’re doing. You should have done this yesterday. Nobody cares. And so on. I read all kinds of stuff on preparing to write a book, but I never thought about dealing with that negative voice or how loud it would become when I felt overwhelmed.