Ramblings of the Uninspired

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I sit down for like 15 to 20 minutes, maybe even 30,thinking really hard of what to write about. I end up getting distracted by some notifications and before I know it over an hour has passed.

"Oops, ok let's do this again."

I try again and the cycle repeats itself.

"Come on brain, I have other things to do. Let's get this."

I already said to myself that I won't do other things till I get this over with. But now I'm starting to question myself.

"Is this the right way to do things?"

Because now I have ended up wasting time I could have used to do a lot of other important things doing nothing. And now I am even more frustrated as I still haven't come up with anything. And that frustration is making it even harder to come up with something.

There's a little bit of spark in the prompts, but I don't want to write them now because I feel like it won't be the best I can write.

On a normal day I'd find myself writing at midnight. Everywhere is free and calm and there's far less distractions so I can just zone out completely and focus on nothing else but what I'm writing. I noticed I usually come up with my best work around that time. But then nowadays there's some other things on my plate and I've been finding myself falling asleep earlier than usual. Therefore I need to change my writing times. Changing it is proving quite difficult though. I tried mornings, but it never seems to work out and afternoons are a bit better but then it's just so hard to settle the brain and put down things I enjoy and think others will enjoy.

I've been told inspiration is everywhere, and I believe it is, but it's just somewhat harder to find at times. When I'm on a streak of writing consistently I find it super easy to just keep going everyday, and even the tiniest things can be a source of inspiration. But then all of a sudden when there's that break or even a stop and start it gets really hard to draw inspiration, everything just feels all mechanical and not well put together. That's how I'm feeling right now as I'm writing this.

This has happened to me a couple of times, but I never seem to get used to it. Always feels new every time. At times I power through it and eventually I get back in groove, while at times I just take a break and then get that mega inspiration or motivation that brings it all back. Not sure which is better (like I said, feels new every time). What do you do when you're lacking inspiration?

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