The Blank Box

I've been staring at a blank box for a little bit now, trying to work out what to write. This has never happened to me before. I think I know why...

I do enjoy the process of writing. I fire up my text editor of choice, Typora and away I go. Most of the time I have a topic in my grey matter that I want to write about, and if I donโ€™t, something usually comes to me pretty quickly. Which topics to cover arenโ€™t something I usually dwell on.

Today I feel like writing, but I have nothing to write about. Iโ€™ve been staring at Typoraโ€™s abyssal blank screen for a little while now, but my grey matter remains as abyssal as the screen Iโ€™m staring at.

But why?

I think I know why - a lot of my inspiration comes from stuff I see and read on the Internet.

The thing is, I havenโ€™t been enjoying the Internet lately, so I havenโ€™t been spending much time on it. Summer is here, the weather is beautiful, and Iโ€™m very lucky to live in a 2.5 acre smallholding. So most of my free time has been taken up with that.

Weโ€™ve been cutting back trees, planting hedgerows, creating a vegetable patch and setting up a chicken coop. Aside from all this, Iโ€™ve been servicing my motorbikes and our mower, as well as doing some DIY around the house.

It has been magnificent.

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So yes, I may be staring at a lifeless, colourless, blank box thatโ€™s ready to churn through my mundane ramblings; but my life is more varied, more colourful and more full than ever.

So yeah, I havenโ€™t been spending much time online, but I have been living my life instead. All things considered, I think thatโ€™s the best possible reason not to have anything to write about, right?

What does this mean for this site?

In short, absolutely nothing. I still enjoy writing, and technology is still a significant hobby of mine. But I may end up writing about more varied topics on this blog than just tech.

Maybe some stuff about the work weโ€™re doing at home? What weโ€™re growing etc? This is a personal blog, after all.

If you would find that kinda thing interesting, please let me know using the reply button below.

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