sunrise.jpgLeo at Freel­ance Switch offers some great advice for those strug­gling to write or fight­ing with the dis­trac­tion of their too-connected exist­ence. I’ve got my hand raised here. Know­ing that it’s a prob­lem I have to solve I thought I’d share Leo’s sug­ges­tions in case you can relate.

In the post, he focuses on cre­at­ing a morn­ing ritual and offers a vari­ety of tips to help make the writ­ing hap­pen. The biggest chal­lenge for me (and clearly how I found the post in the first place) is the tempta­tion of fall­ing into my RSS feeds. Stay­ing away from email and RSS is a maxim that I have to force myself to stick to. I am totally in sync with his belief that the morn­ing is the time to accom­plish the writ­ing task. I know that I flag by early after­noon and try as I may I just can’t crank it up. I’m going to give the pre­par­a­tion and min­im­iz­a­tion of dis­trac­tions a try and see what hap­pens. Make sure you check the com­ments on this post as well, there are a few nug­gets in there as well.