tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206220894855898230.post4625868231675542678..comments2023-10-31T05:46:44.678-07:00Comments on Ruminations of an Aspiring Ecologist: Shut up, Impostor Syndrome!Karinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16757213778638431428noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206220894855898230.post-44045101917212742472013-01-05T20:43:21.961-08:002013-01-05T20:43:21.961-08:00I definitely sympathize with fear based writer'...I definitely sympathize with fear based writer's block, but I have developed a strategy to overcome it! I open gmail, put the name of a warm and fuzzy undergrad mentor in the To: field, and then write my research ideas or whatever as if I'm writing to him. At the end, I've got a solid rough draft of whatever I'm working on. I usually don't actually even send the email, but it's important to believe I'm going to send it to trick myself out of being too scared to write!<br /><br />Good luck!susannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428875397360833609noreply@blogger.com