Do you know how many blog posts I have in 'draft' that I haven't finished?

Twenty three. Twenty three! That's a whole lotta blogs! 

So how come I went to the trouble of getting them almost written, but haven't finished them?

I was hit by Shiny Object Syndrome!

So what is Shiny Object Syndrome, and how can you combat it?  

Picture this: I'm sitting in front of a Google doc, the flashing cursor mocking me. I want to write a blog, but I can’t think because of my inner critic shouting at me.

‘Why would people be interested in what you say?’
'You don’t even know about this stuff, you’re just winging it’
'If you write this, you’ll be uncovered as a fraud’

Welcome back, imposter syndrome! 

Imagine a 4 year old pageboy at a wedding that’s been made to wear a suit. He’s pulling at his collar, feels constricted, has to be on best behaviour. Very uncomfortable.

Well, that’s how I felt when I went to my first business networking event.

Let me tell you why...

Does this sound familiar?

I want to write a blog, so I sit in front of my computer and try to think up useful, interesting blog post ideas.

The cursor flashes on my blank Google doc, and my blank mind starts to panic - surely there’s SOMETHING I can say!

I’m relatively clever, I usually have tons of ideas - why can’t I think of any now?

Fast forward to me frantically ‘researching’ (procrastinating) trawling the World Wide Web, for something - anything! - to give me inspiration.

Okay relax, I’ve learned lots of tips and tricks about how to find inspiration in my many years of blogging. 

Let me share with you 5 ways to come up with blog post ideas...