But I don’t want to!

How many times have you said this (or at least thought it) when someone asked/recommended that you do something? I did it when I read the problogger challenge for today: Using a magazine to improve your writing. It’s a great idea, and probably a really beneficial challenge, but that doesn’t mean I want to do it.

So what do I want to do? I really want a deep tissue massage on the beach in Hawaii while sipping a Mai tai.

But that doesn’t benefit my blog, my readers or my business. The reality is, just because you don’t want to do something doesn’t mean you shouldn’t do it. Especially if the person suggesting you should do it is trying to help you improve. I know that problogger isn’t writing this challenge specifically for me, but I can’t deny the fact that doing the challenges every day has helped my writing and my blog. With that said, attempting to do something that you can’t wrap your mind and your passion around is difficult, and can be counterproductive. Don’t work past your creative breaking point, and don’t force yourself to do a task that you know will be done poorly.

In my case, I don’t want to do the challenge, that doesn’t mean I don’t want to write for my blog, it just means I don’t want to do that challenge for my blog. Now that I have determined the issue, I just have to find something else to write about that can benefit my readers and my blog, without having to do the challenge.

Oh, wait – I just did!

All joking aside, there are a lot of roads that lead to the same place, you get to choose which one you take to get there.

What don’t you want to do today? Which road will you choose?

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