Writers' block

Life is like the process of writing a book or essay. Some people might say that this analogy is trite, so why bother talking about it here?

I was thinking about this analogy when I start trying to write college essays. Often when trying to start writing an essay or a book, a writer will come across a phenomenon commonly known as the writers' block. The writer will just get stuck, and in order to avoid writing the first few words, he/she will start to do other things, like talk to people, eat a lot etc. The writer will tend to distract himself/herself. Note that this happens even after the writers have an idea of what the essay should be like. Despite having a plan, it is hard to start and they will distract themselves in many ways.

Similarly in life, one often encounters such writers' block situations. One might or might not have a goal in mind; one will still feel lost at times and start to distract oneself with many things, to stop worrying about life. These things might be very similar to the distractions one do when suffering from the actual writers' block: excessive eating, aimless wandering around the house, uncontrollable chatting on IM.

Professional writers suffer from writers' block too, but they learn to overcome it. When they realize they are experiencing it, they try to start with writing a few words a day, maybe. It varies among writers, but they know how to deal with it. Are they able to cope with procrastination about life as readily?

It is a bit more complex in life, as sometimes people might not even realize they are suffering from such a problem. Is addiction to computer games a form of distraction that they use to overcome 'writers' block'? I do hope I will learn how to cope with this soon; it is a big problem I realize I have been facing.