Practice - Just doing it!

I'm a lousy blogger! I know! I Blog when I remember that I have forgotten about blogging for a while!

Consistency is the key!
How do you make an effort to...make an effort? If you get what I mean. Getting my head straight now seems to be the easy piece! It’s being consistently good at keeping the physical side of my stammer in check is now the struggle!

I need help with a couple of things I am struggling with; the first is how do I exercise during the winter months? For the summer I used get up and either go for a walk or a good cycle before work most mornings, 6am - It was bright, sunny and for the most part dry. Even when I slept in I could go out for an hour after work. Now I get up and its dark, I get home - and it’s dark. I have an exercise bike but it’s not the same. Has anyone any good ideas on how I can turn this around??

The second thing is to do directly with using a technique to break out of a block. When it does happen - As I've said I can pretty much keep control of my "negative self" but when things do slip I need to be able - and confident that I can break out quickly and effectively every time - reboot - gather my thoughts and continue with what I was saying. I'm going to explore this a bit more over the coming days/weeks (and hopefully get my thoughts and yours) on how best to structure this.

Always..Thanks for reading this and a special thanks to my one new Follower!! hey I must be getting good at this blogging lark!

Charlie

It takes work but it is possible

So, How have I been getting on? pretty good as it happens, at this point I definetly believe that my mental state has a lot to do with controling my stammer. Today for example, I had to go through my daily briefing in work and got a last minute presentation dropped on my desk, when I say last minute I mean 2 minutes before going into the room!

I had been feeling pretty good anyway and I flicked through the pages, and decided that this would be no trouble to speak through this stuff, So I did! LOL. I had stuff prepared outside this anyway and used a "grounding" technique to help me relax and keep control of the physical attributes of my stammer. I kept eye contact!! looked around the room nodded in self approvement and got a couple of smiles in return!

On another note I have noticed that alcohol definetly has a negative effect on my stammer. I went on the piss Friday night and although was confident and had a great time while I was out, the following morning I was tired, I wasn't in the humour to keep myself from getting into blocks and too tired to get out of them.? I do like the occasional drink and really enjoy going out with friends, But how do I negate the effects of a night on the beer?? probably a centuries old question!

Hey, I got my first comment of the year today!! Thanks Mark!! I Look forward to sharing ideas and experiences with you!

As always, Don't be shy, If you want to leave any feedback, There's no such thing as bad feedback.

Charlie