This post is not what I had in mind when I thought about writing one today, but writing has a way of finding its own course, which is what makes it so interesting in the first place.
Keeping in line with the overall theme of this blog, I was hoping to write about something profound or inspiring. Or maybe share a meaningful quote or link or some other such information. But no, that’s not what it’s going to be today.
For me, to be able to write about the stuff normally found on this blog, I need to be in a certain “zone”, certain frame of mind. When I’m there, the words flow automatically. Unfortunately, I haven’t been feeling that zone lately. Writer’s block, maybe? More on this later.
While I do have a few ideas and drafts from long ago that I want to explore and introspect further on, I don’t want to do that currently. To do justice to those thoughts, I’d like to work on them when I’m back in that “zone”. Otherwise, it’s just about getting something done for the sake of doing it. Which defeats the whole point of having a personal, non-paying, hardly-read blog. Obscurity has its own benefits, you know… 😛
“Why write anything at all in that case?” one might ask. Good question. Answer: I want to maintain some semblance of a habit of writing. As was pointed out in one of the previous posts, these past few months, I haven’t been able to devote as much time to my writing as I’d like. And I fear that if I let this trend continue, I’d eventually stop writing altogether. So, I do want to push myself to write something, anything really, even just for the sake of writing.
See the paradox? So, my solution to that is to hold off discussing the big questions for later, and just talk about the more mundane stuff for now. This way, I get something done at least, while not doing injustice to the more deserving ideas. As I said in the beginning, not the kind of post I was hoping for. But it is what it is.
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Coming back to my “writer’s block”: So, what’s the issue with finding my zone? Well, if you’ve been following this blog, you may have read that a few months ago, I moved to a new city when switching jobs. Since then, I haven’t really been in that zone to be honest. At first, I thought it was just because I was settling down in the city, searching for, moving into and setting up a new house, etc.
But it seems that’s not it. It’s been a few months now, and I feel settled in the city, in the job, in my new life in general. Yet, the peace and calm required to write is still missing.
I guess the hustle-bustle of a big metro takes its toll at the end of the day. Living away from family and friends, and all the comforts that entails (both physical and mental), doesn’t help either. Even with time on my hand, it’s just not the same as it was before.
I hope that this is just a transitory phase, and that I’ll soon find my voice again. Blogging over the last couple of years has been an interesting and rewarding journey, and it would be a shame if it were to come to an end like this.
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Do you have any ideas or thoughts you’d like to discuss? I’d be more than happy to lend a patient ear. I’ve been told that I’m a great listener (by myself!) We can even keep it off the record and offline. I think a dialogue about such stuff might help reignite that fire within. So, do me a favor and lay it on me!
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