I don’t know what to write about. I’ve been sitting here, contemplating the screen for a good twenty minutes, but I can’t think of anything. Ok, I’m officially desperate because this is due today. What if I Google a random phrase generator? Maybe it’ll get my creative juices flowing...That didn’t help me at all. What am I supposed to do with something like, “ghostliest refreshment?” What does that even mean? Ok, nope, I’m wasting time, I’m not going to write about that. What about just searching up a list of blog topics?...Ha, no. Out of a list of eighty-one possible blog topics on this website, the only thing I feel I can relate to is hamburgers. Definitely not a good start for a post.
I go through this thought process every time I try to write a blog post. Some weeks it’s not so hard to come up with something to write about, but other times it’s nearly impossible. And the thing is, coming up with something to write about isn’t so hard, but finding something I’m satisfied with is a completely different thing. Some people can spontaneously start writing and end up with a beautiful little couple of paragraphs that they like. I, on the other hand, can’t start out so casually. I am very critical of my own writing, and I end up deleting the majority of the things that I’ve written. It’s something I’ve been trying to get past, but my perfectionist spirit is fighting back.
The freedom to chose what to write is also something that I’ve struggled with. The majority of my school career I was always told what to write. I would grumble about what seemed like an annoying prompt, wishing to get the chance to decide what to talk about, but I would get over it and do the assignment. Getting to choose what to write is uncharted territory, and when I sit down to contemplate it, my mind goes blank. I definitely feel out of my comfort zone, but I’m learning to get past it. It’s honestly fun to have no (reasonable) restrictions about my writing, it’s just different.
Probably the biggest issue I have with finding a good blog topic is that I lose concentration really easily. I’ll be looking up random blog topics, like I do all the time, and then I’ll magically end up on Youtube. Well, not magically, but suddenly I’ll remember a really funny video that I loved and I’ll end up rewatching it. Then that leads to other videos, and then I realized I wasted an hour. Other times I’ll be hungry, go to the kitchen to get food, and then I’ll end up watching a TV show with my mom for the next hour. Needless to say, I don’t get anywhere if I’m not completely focused.
In the scheme of things, though, blogging is very entertaining. Even though I have issues starting out, I think it’s a great creative outlet, and I love that I can express myself the way I want to. It’s just that starting out takes some extra effort on my part because I can get way too picky and distracted!
I feel this post. It's very difficult for me to constructively sit down and say, "okay, I'm going to write about something because this post is due." Most of the time I'm doing something that's not related to blogs at all when I think of a topic, and it's really annoying!
ReplyDeleteWay to turn your inability to write a blog post into a blog post. It's pretty entertaining to read and got your assignment done. Maybe you should look into writing about your long suffering battle for that chair in physics?
ReplyDeleteDeciding on a blog post topic is certainly challenging. I generally have to take a moment, clear my mind, and then write about the first random thing I think of. That has resulted in blog posts about mushrooms, mites, and more recently, a man stuck inside a big metal bullet which crashes into somebody's house and kills the inhabitants. Rants make good topics -- this is a beautiful post.
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