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Writer’s Block Can Suck It: 27 Things I Did Besides Writing This Post

in on 01/18/17 by Laura 3 Comments

This is not the post I had planned for today. I had a hilarious and clever post about NBC’s new show Emerald City planned for today. I have spent the entire day attempting to mentally write it. The note section in my phone is filled with random thoughts and ideas about what to write. Sadly, that’s where it still is, in my phone, unfinished and lonely.

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Alright, what’s the problem? Well, my friends, the problem is my brain doesn’t want to write right now. I have the dreaded writer’s block. Like a tiny little germ that has festered into a full-blown infection, absolutely everything I write is infected with nothing but pure crap. It started a few weeks ago when I was feeling under the weather. I couldn’t write a thing then and I have been struggling since then.

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So, what did I do all day today? Let me enlighten you:

  1. Researched random things on the internet
  2. Spent 20 minutes calling Amazon because I was missing a tote from my Amazon fresh order
  3. Got off phone and tote was delivered
  4. Played Disney’s Emoji Blitz
  5. Made a pot roast for dinner
  6. Snack break
  7. Reread a book I’ve read 4 times.
  8. Watched endless make-up tutorials on YouTube
  9. Made cinnamon sugar honey butter
  10. Stared outside at the rain for 30 mins
  11. Had a prolonged conversation about inappropriate sock chewing with my dogs
  12. Snack break
  13. Attempted a cut crease in my eye makeup
  14. Washed my face and reminded myself that cut creases aren’t everything (yes, they really are)
  15. Got my new iPhone in the mail/attempted to set it up by myself
  16. Cried over my inability to do simple tasks like set-up a phone
  17. Watched the video 3 times on how to correctly export my info
  18. Stopped exporting info when it clogged up my wifi and I couldn’t use the internet on my iPad
  19. Watched Dr. Phil
  20. Deleted over a hundred videos and 500 pictures
  21. Snack break
  22. Attempted to export again
  23. Stopped export when I saw it was still going to take 3 hours
  24. Spent 15 minutes picking out a nail polish color – decided against painting nails
  25. Napped
  26. Binge watched The Last Man on Earth
  27. Snack break

You guys, I was so productively unproductive. In some ways, it was kind of a great way to spend a day off, in other ways it was pure hell and it isn’t even over yet. Someone wish me luck on writing that Emerald City post. I promise you nothing but laughter and entertainment.

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Has anyone else struggled with writer’s block? Any tips/tricks/pagan rituals to get rid of it?

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About Laura

Current Obsessions: GoT, Doctor Who, the MCU, Harry Potter, all things sci-fi, sharks, hardcore Disney fan since '84, and last but never least terrible Syfy movies are her lifeblood. Laura spends her days as a SAHM and a Freelance Writer. Her nights are spent coloring, drinking Scotch and cuddling her dog, DuckDog.

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