Mini Motivation #65 - Have you ever lost your mojo (magic touch)?

After a streak of 63 days of Mini Motivation postings, I was quite stuck yesterday morning. In case this is your first post of mine that you're reading, basically two months ago, I decided to block my first 21 minutes of my day to write a Steemit post of roughly 300 words, and do to it daily. Had been going on well for 63 days straight, until yesterday.

I was stuck, wasn't for lack of topics, nor was it the timing. It's the same period I had been doing my writings, and I have tons of topics on standby. I just blanked out when I opened a new note in Evernote!

I tried changing topics, thrice actually, and couldn't trigger the initial thoughts. I struggled to find the momentum, usually the first few words to the first sentence, to kick off the morning sleepiness. I changed location, from my bed, to the day bed, to the table, even to the living room, but still blank.

There were thoughts, but there were messy. And for once after two months of this daily routine, I started to feel the fear. "Crap, is the streak over? Had I been pushing it too much and this is the furthest I can get? Have I lost my mojo?"

Now, I can tell you for sure, fear didn't help much, because it just let to more anxiety.

Luckily, after making breakfast for Will, and one final attempt, I managed to write. Took me more than 21 minutes, but still, I managed to get it out.

The fear lingers still though, even after I hit the post button, throughout the day. I kept thinking what if it happens again the next day. Do I have to call it quits?

It was then that I started to realize, mental blocks do exist, even when it comes to habits we've honed for a while.

For exammple:

Have you arrived at the junction on your usual way to work, and just can't seem to figure out where to turn?

Or can't seem to find that Excel function you'd been using for years?

Or for worse cases, there could be amazing skills you once had, that you can execute effortlessly for the longest time you can remember, that you are proud of, and all of the sudden, you just lost it?

Usually after a sense of anxiety, you will get that "mojo" back. No, I haven't really figured out the reason that caused it, other than just perhaps a little break from the routine is needed. Or it could be an internal "system refresh".

Have you experienced something like this? Not just in writing, but a habit you thought you could automate, and have it fail on you when you needed it? How did you fix it?

Mini Motivation is my own daily strategy to inspire myself. Mostly 3 minute reads.

From Motivation, we gain Inspiration. From Inspiration, we achieve Momentum. And the rest, they say, is history.

Hope it helps nudge you a bit too in the right direction.

Oh it did? Let me know in the comments, and of course an upvote would be a nice motivation for me. :)

Stay awesome!

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