Writer’s Block
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Many moons ago I had lots and lots to talk about. I suppose I can attribute that seemingly continuous flow of opinions to my youth, or my inexperience with life; or maybe it was just me and my love for talking on paper.
I used to be a very talkative person – especially online. On the Internet, I've always been a very opinionated person, bulldozing my way to have my piece of mind heard, using this personal space to rant on relentlessly about my point of view - and during those really active years, it really didn't matter to me what people thought (hence I exercised that not commenting and not responding to comments in the feedback section rule).
These days, for some reason, I don't quite feel the need to be so insistent about expounding my opinions anymore. I mean, I'm still me, and some things do get me riled up and I speed along to Facebook, and Twitter to drop off my piece of mind – but those moments just aren't that frequent anymore. Even on those social platforms, I log on with something important and urgent I intend to say, but as I type and attempt to frame my thoughts into 160 characters, the energy seems to fizzle out and I just decide to let it be.
Maybe that is why I am faced with Writer's Block very often these days. It's not that I've forgotten about owning my own journal – it's just, sometimes, I just have no idea what I should write about anymore. An occasion, an important one, happens, and the thought of blogging about it flickers – I log on, I look at my blog, and then, those words just fizzle away, and I'm left with just a single 140 char line which could go on Twitter or Facebook anyway.
I remember attending one of those Mastery workshops several years back, and the speaker spoke about getting to a phase in life when you chose to be opinionated about NOT having an opinion. I don't know whether I am graduating into that phase of life – I do hope it's not moving into an apathetic 'I don't care' attitude. And I do hope this personal evolution is for the better.
So these days, I think, I'll mostly type about Paul and Eric and family, mostly captions about the everyday mundane happenings in my life, because right now those things matter a lot more than crazy frustrations over nothing in particular.
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September 19, 2011 at 4:49 pm
Writer’s Block: We all get it. Sometimes I go more than a month & cannot type a word.
Other times I write up an entire month of blog posts in one day.
September 19, 2011 at 6:34 pm
Claire,
You do not need to apologize to your readers. The focus of your site has shifted more to your son and family. That is what is most important in your life.
A growing child, relations with your spouse are the things that matter most.
Share with us whatever snippet of life you find interesting.
One can say a great deal in 140 characters.
Best wishes.
David
October 3, 2011 at 5:51 pm
Dude,
Difference between “having an opinion” and “expressing an opinion”.
You’re probably seeing the middle space between the two at this point. If Im right, it will pass and you will become a more fuller person in some way.
Who said this,
Just Some Dude
October 31, 2011 at 12:58 am
Well, u can always put up photos & write a few sentences about it. U’ll probably put up a lot of photos about Paul though but that’s fine too, cos’ he is the focus of your life at the moment.