There are some days when I have no idea what to write about...
I'll get to my computer, go to write a post and there's just a blank in my mind. Like there aren't even thoughts going on. I stay open to my thoughts, even try to think of something to write, but I just can't. Even ideas I have for posts won't come, even follow-up posts I know I need to write. The words aren't there yet.
So here I am writing about not being able to write. Because it's important to know that we don't always need to write about something. We don't always need to be striving to create. Sometimes we just need a bit of a break to let our mind rest. Writing this post is kind of nice, there's no pressure.
Just like this post, there should be no pressure in our lives. We shouldn't be pressured to perform, we shouldn't be pressuring ourselves to accomplish, do better, be better, try harder. Unless that is what we want of course. Sometimes it's hard to see what we really want in life though, so we follow along with what we think is right for us.
We've taken advice, read about success and happiness, listened to other people who found their way, but what about our way? What do we really want. If you could choose the person you were, how would your day look? How would you act and respond to the events in your life if you were already the person you wanted to be?
I want to write, so here I am writing about not knowing what to write about. I want to run, so I should start running and working out more, keeping my body healthy. I want to be a good man, so I should meet all the challenges in my life with an even head, and do my best to be compassionate to others and love.
There's no reason we can't be the people we want to be, we just have to actually be them, keeping the habits we would keep, and acting the way we would act. Simple as that.
This little writing didn't go where I thought it would go. I didn't really know where it would go to be honest. Sometimes that's the best way to write or create. To just begin and see where the activity takes us, to see what comes out into expression. Maybe next time I'll write something prettier ;)
What kinds of activities do you do to spur creativity?
Got to admit - I think I do my best thinking in the shower or when I'm just walking around. Good times for me to clear my head and just let thoughts come to me. I've even contemplated getting a waterproof board for my shower where I can sketch out thoughts...not sure it's the most repeatable brainstorming activity though!
I do my best thinking on walks, a waterproof board sounds really cool, or you could go to voice, Gary V says its the future. You could just talk out your ideas.
Ooh, I was thinking about this the other day. I was wanting to write, but I was working and busy. I thought, "hmm what if I could just voice record all this" Hmm. Good idea. Dunno who Gary V is, but good idea.
I feel bad for whoever pays your water bill. I do that too, but it's in the tub lol.
Luckily water is free in my city!
I hear it's technically free everywhere. "Shh", don't tell anybody. (Thanks for the vote.)
Honestly I enjoyed this writing. Writing without stress and hence everything looks smooth - you are not forced at all. The flow is generated subconsciously and hence is natural.
It is actually hard to spur creativity, it comes like a thunder. It needs the clouds and raindrops (events in life) to give you the inspiration (the interaction between ions in the clouds). What I normally do is, get out of my normal routine and do something strange. Most of the times, it works. Else, just take a nap and let it hit naturally :D
Thanks :)
Ya, usually I just write what comes to me, unless I'm touching something up or have something I've been thinking about throughout the day.
Those sound like some solid methods!
Its funny, I mean peculiar. Do you feel pressure to keep afloat on steemit, to keep that reputation in good order? It does feel a little that way for me. This is a place of great potential for earning, but there does feel a cost to it. The more we follow, the more feeds we get, the more obliged we are to comment etc.. don't know, feels like I personally need to take stock, reassess how I am engaging... as to this post, well, its remarkable that you can write so eloquently about not being able to write. HA genius!
Yep, it's kind of odd, I feel like everyone thinks they need to be on top of this everyday. There's a definite cost, but I'm slowly turning it into a lower cost by engaging different methods of posting! Commenting sometimes takes a while, but it's worth it to build relationships, otherwise we are just throwing our stuff at people haha.
Thanks for the kind words, winging it is fun sometimes!
I so agree with you @kryptoe. It's so cute to watch those with talent when they fret. Much ado about nothing, isn't it? That's a compliment @jakeybrown.
Yes, this was me yesterday too. Pressuring myself with the need to post but nothing I really wanted to write. The result was a post I'm not real proud of. I like your approach better - don't force it.
There's no reason we can't be the people we want to be, we just have to actually be them, keeping the habits we would keep, and acting the way we would act. Simple as that.
Simple as that, eh? ; ) I think that's the whole thing - the struggle to live up to our human potential and be the best versions of ourselves. But we've all got a shadow to contend with that sometimes has its own ideas.
Sometimes that happens, I think just starting to write helps me, usually I can edit out any nonsense at the start haha.
Simple doesn't mean easy ;)
Overcoming the shadow is a challenge, it means we have to take a good hard look at it too
Thanks for the comment :)
Just about everything you've posted since I've been on here has flowed with what I've been feeling or thinking at the time. I don't put some special significance on that other than to think it's pretty neat. It's neat to hear similar thoughts said from someone else's perspective.
I've felt the same sense of pressure. Someone nominated me for a contest, I've had people asking about an intro post, a first blog post and such. Surely, only intended as curiosity or kindness, but it can register as pressure. You can allow yourself to feel pressured by it all. And I've put pressure on myself to think about what to write and to get it out there and written. Fast, not slow. Now, not later. But I've also made myself hold back and given myself time to think. That's been my reaction to this feeling, to step back and to give myself some time.
What activities do I do to spur creativity? Sometimes nothing more fancy than to wait. I just live. The thoughts, the ideas, they come from all directions. They come from unexpected places, even. And I've found over years of writing and communicating thoughts, that sometimes to wait is the best thing you can do for clarity of what you're trying to communicate. When you rush to get it out there fast you can miss important details, and it doesn't feel as good either. And maybe that discomfort translates to the reader too.
You keep seeming to refer to authenticity. A desire for authenticity. You don't want to force anything. You don't want to be contrived. You don't want to be fake. And you said it the best, "don't be". Just don't be. If it doesn't set right with you when you're doing it, then take a step back. That gut feeling is there for a reason, I think. But don't let that get confused with self-condemnation. The two can get tangled up where you mistake one for the other, and then you end up stressing yourself out with worry over the rightness of what you're doing.
Poignant and profound thoughts are called so for a reason. If we had them all the time then they wouldn't be. You're not going to have them all the time, and that's okay. I think you write very well. And I've genuinely enjoyed everything you've shared. I felt I've benefited from every bit of it so far. So keep it up? There's better to come. Those ideas just haven't reached you yet.
Thanks, I'm glad there are some people getting something out of my writing. I always like talking with people about this stuff, I think it's important. I would just say go at your own pace, commenting is totally fine and usually helps me get started writing anyways.
Waiting is the best, but what about when you have no time to wait? The pressure is literally on for me as I have @taskmaster4450 helping me out with some upvotes to build my account quickly. He decided to do that just because of watching me comment, which was awesome for me, but stressful somedays. Like you said, I don't want to force anything, so it has been pushing me, in a good way, but it's challenging.
I just try to get my profoundness out every once in a while :)
Thanks for the interest in my blog, I'm really glad you are enjoying it and getting something out of our convos!
Yeah, I really am. It's held my interest and motivated me to try as well. And I see, you're under the gun. Or maybe it's more you climbed inside a big ol' cannonball launcher. Sounds like. I'll be rooting for you. For my own safety, all I can do is watch. That's what your good task master told me, you'll have to take it up with him. You'll do fine. If what you've written already is any indicator, I think you'll do fine. (This is written terribly, but I'm tired so whatever.)
Lol thanks, I will do my best to keep up the pace haha
I hope so. That's a big honor to have someone care enough to support you like that.
Ya, I'm really grateful to him, totally awesome and unexpected since I was only on the site like two weeks!
I know. That is pretty amazetastic. I'm a little jealous, honestly. But it looks like you've really been putting the work into networking. You did it the smart way and it's paid off. And wow, I had no idea you were that new.
Creativity is tough from more than just writing, I struggle with it in my figurine hobby, and it’s been worse if late. Steemit doesn’t help as I seem to be spending too much time worrying about posting or whose voting ( or not voting is more the case for my posts). Pressure from what to write on steemit, shouldn’t be there but it is, to be a playa you have to be posting and voting and chatting on discord or you won’t get followers or votes or building a community to vote for you. Just another thing to clutter up our lives! Great isn’t it!
I've been feeling this way too. (As I post fifteen comments on poor jakey's post lol.) How do we balance? We want to be connected. It's beneficial to be connected. I've got the same gripe. I bet a lot of people on here do. A necessary evil unless you want to be posting to crickets everyday.
Ya, it can be tough some days, usually I just throw something together, but last time I didn't like that so made this instead
Still I face this problem. Sometimes I think lost my mind, I can't find any word to share with a post, totally lost and become very upset.
Really it's a very nice article written by you,!💓💓
Try writing it out. Even if it sounds like gibberish. I think I know that feel you're referring to. Even if it's just a word you can think of. Just a single word. Write it down, look at it, and think, "what am I trying to say, where is this coming from?" You might be surprised how the dam can break after that and your thoughts start to suddenly flow. You might even have to walk away and come back to it. But it works, it has for me. I hope I'm not misunderstanding you, but thought I'd share my two cents.
Every damned day...
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