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Jumpstarting My Brain
January 21, 2009Some days I sit in front of my blog just wondering what to write. I often feel I have nothing to write about! But I have a few tricks for jumpstarting my brain into writing mode.
One of my favorite thought-starters is to choose a card. I have several thought-provoking card decks. I’ve managed to steer clear of traditional tarot cards.. they focus too much on the dark side of life and I like to keep things light and airy in my life. I like my “Trust Your Vibes” cards by Sonia Choquette, who wrote a book by the same name. Just now I chose the “Listen To Your Heart” card. My heart was telling me to write a post about jumpstarting my brain. Here it is!
Another thing that works for me is to write in my pen-and-paper notebook journal. I may run into the same “I have nothing to say” problem, but there I’ve got no international audience so there’s considerably less stress involved. Not that blogging is all that stressful. My boundary is that I’ll write in a blog if I feel like it or not at all.
Do you have any brain-jumpstarting ideas for me? Do you look at photographs, read books, read the news, or what? Or are you a blessed person who NEVER runs out of things to write about?
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Mountain Dweller
January 21st, 2009 at 8:32 pm
I’ve never had a lull in ideas but then again I don’t write for a living like you. If it helps any, I’m a news and politics junkie, so usually any ideas I have come from just reading the news. The rest of any ideas I have come from talking with friends about anything.
So I guess my advice is (remember, I’m no professional) to figure out what you typically write about and find outlets for that.
Here’s just a random suggestion. What would you do if you never had to worry about money again? I’d make huge bulletin boards of myself for the highway that had a picture of me giving a thumbs up and font that read: “You wish you were him.”
January 22nd, 2009 at 5:36 am
To answer your question, if I had a lot of money right now I’d give it to the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund for medical aid to war-injured children.
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:12 pm
Good cause. And so you know, obviously my previous comment about what I’d do with all that money was a joke. I don’t need billboards to know people wish they were me.
January 26th, 2009 at 3:59 am
I never run out of things, subjects to write about! I began to write when I was in JrHigh and love it. I have 4 blogs I’m keeping up with currently,lol.