When Inspiration strikes.

byLTidswell

264 followers

6 years ago

I am fortunate in my current role to have Friday afternoons off. It does mean we work a bit longer on the other days, but I do think it's a habit that I will continue as I transition to growing my own business. Although today I have found increased writing inspiration in the strangest place...

Being a wine aficionado, but sticking to a budget (to facilitate the longest possible period of growing my business without having to pick up a side gig), I opened a cheap bottle of white to cook with last night. As it's a beautiful Friday afternoon (just to set the scene - I'm sat in the bay window in my lounge / living room, with the window open, the dog snoozing on the sofa, my fingers flying over the keys and some high energy music on in the background) it would be silly not to have a glass.

I think I might have to credit the wine with turning a significant key word research session into a desperate desire the start creating the associated content - either it is (worryingly) an amazing creative stimulant (and yes, I know alcohol is actually a depressant), or on the positive side for my blogging career, creating content is an avoidance mechanism for the other tasks that currently seem less attractive. Laundry is on this list, as is cleaning the toilet and shopping for toilet paper in this crazy Corona Virus world.

Although, last Friday (as a complete digression) it was equally as beautiful and I went dinghy sailing with a Corona Virus alternative (I was a bit on the chilly side, the Laser sailing sunset picnic was spur of the moment, and I can't recommend doing so in flip flops in March...) :-)

At this point, I'm struggling to see how either of these are negative within the context of my rapidly evolving life - I'm off to create some more content featuring the long tail keywords that I just researched after refreshing myself on their effectiveness using @boomergp08's excellent refreshers. I started here if you fancy it. I know some of the visuals are out-of-date, but actual content was very helpful.

Happy Friday everyone! May your content rank well!