Do It Myself Blog – Glenda Watson Hyatt

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It has been one of those weeks!

Since releasing my autobiography I’ll Do It Myself last December, I’ve also wanted to offer an electronic version, an ebook, to reach more readers. Sounds simple enough. Many people are selling ebooks; some are making a sizeable income by selling them

The first step was to learn how to create accessible PDFs (portable document format – a common file format of ebooks). I finally had time to learn this while I was preparing a web accessibility training session for a local municipal government in June. Step one done, finally!

The next step was to figure out how to make it downloadable via PayPal. I had done some research, but didn’t have a clear, step-by-step process in mind. It appears many people are selling ebooks, but aren’t revealing the necessary steps; at least, not for free that I had found yet.

My goal was to have the ebook available for sale this week, in time for kicking off my Summer Sojourn virtual book tour on Monday. It is now Thursday night, the ebook is not yet available online and I am running low on chocolate!

Frustration : a deep chronic sense or state of insecurity and dissatisfaction arising from unresolved problems or unfulfilled needs

Deep dissatisfaction arising from unresolved problems – that pretty much covers it! But, the real question is: how will I cope with this frustration?

With a low frustration tolerance, some people give up when facing discomfort and struggle. Their frustration leads to lethargy, a lack of discipline, helplessness and hopelessness, and they focus on short-term discomfort rather than on long-term goals and rewards. Whereas, other individuals with patience and tolerance will persevere through their frustration and solve their problems. How do they deal with their frustration?

Techniques for dealing with frustration:

1. Repeat affirmations, like “Even though I dislike frustration, I can survive it.” (More frustration-tolerant affirmations
2. Break task into smaller goals and then reward yourself.Chocolate works for me!
3. Take breaks to recover energy and to gain a new insight or perspective. Surprising how many brilliant ideas strike while I’m in the shower!
4. Ask for help!
5. Release your emotions through exercise, deep breathing, talking with friend or, my personal favourite, watching a sappy movie. For some unexplainable reason, this video of the adult lion reuniting with her human caretakers did it for me this week. (Does anyone know if this is Elsa, on which the movie Born Free was based?)

Tomorrow I will take another look at the pieces and figure out how they go together. The ebook may not be available when I had hoped, but it will be available soon!

All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is to — act as if it were impossible to fail.
~Dorothea Brande

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