![]() Fix that stupid grammatical mistake you made earlier. You should probably go back and re-read it later to make sure it's not complete mince too. ![]() Now, next time you find yourself with some spare time and you guiltily think "Man, I should probably use this time to update my blog", get the list out. That's going to keep your blog going for a while at least. Before you know it you've filled out several pages of ideas. That great idea you just had that is so amazing you're sure you'll remember it later. Those midnight conversations you have with yourself when you can't get to sleep. How do you do this? Look for inspiration in the world around you! Catch yourself thinking about something and say "Hey! I could make a blog post about this"! Then you sit down and you brainstorm. It's called "block" because it isn't that there are no ideas, it's that they're blocked off and you can't access them because the possibilities are overwhelming. You have so many ideas that you feel like you have none. So, with this freedom, what do you write about? Most people have so much to say that they don't know where to start. Basically, you can do whatever you want! Awesome! The great thing about not having an audience is that it takes the pressure off and no one sees it if your blog has a few teething problems. The great thing about not having a focus is that you get to try lots of different things until you find your focus. So what if no one reads your first few blog posts. You don't need to be successful from the word go. It may mean that my blog goes unnoticed, it may mean that it will not be successful, but that's okay. Really I just wanted to have fun, be myself, and publish whatever I felt like. But, for me, it just made blogging seem like too much of a chore. I'm not dissing this at all, I think it's a good way to go. Now, being marketable and focused is never going to be a bad thing in the world of blogging and writing. There was simply too many things I wanted to write about, and I couldn't limit myself to one thing! This should have been a good thing, but it wasn't, because I felt pressured to have a strict purpose to the blog, to be "marketable". However, I've had so many false starts because I didn't know what to write about. I have been wanting to start a blog for a while. How can you enjoy these things now that they are all you have, now that there is the more pressing matter of "what the hell am I doing with my life?!" You find yourself at square one and how can you possibly enjoy all the down time, all the relaxing and playing video games and going out with friends and starting that blog you've been unable to start because you were too busy writing your dissertation. Those careers are for "real" adults and you feel like a fraud trying to impersonate one. Careers you thought you'd be ready for by now but you're not. Soon, you're questioning all those careers you said you wanted all through uni. "Life is short" stops being comforting and motivational and instead become terrifying. It's then very easy to fall into that void where you don't know what you're doing and everything is pointless. ![]() You start to realise that you don't have a dream or a plan. You feel all your friends slip away as they move away to follow their dreams and you start to realise that everything has changed and friendships aren't going to be so easy any more. You then find yourself working crazy, unsociable hours while your travel plans fall through as friends get graduate jobs and postgraduate degrees. This is the real deal and there's just you vs. You can't keep pretending that it's just the summer holidays anymore, that you'll be back at uni in no time. Then September rolls around and suddenly it isn't a game any more.
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