{"id":2261,"date":"2011-03-30T21:11:23","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T01:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/?p=2261"},"modified":"2011-06-20T09:23:44","modified_gmt":"2011-06-20T13:23:44","slug":"i-got-nothin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/30\/i-got-nothin\/","title":{"rendered":"I Got Nothin"},"content":{"rendered":"

A number of people have told me they enjoy my blog. One guy said I’m his favorite blogger (buffs nails on shirt<\/em>). A couple friends have mentioned they get mad when there are no new posts. This is all flattering, to say the least.<\/p>\n

I love writing this blog. I look forward to the time, after work is finished and the dogs are fed and exercised, when I can sit down at my computer and put words into cyberspace.<\/p>\n

And<\/em>, I realized today that when I’m writing is the only<\/em> time that I don’t think about food at all. So I’d like to do it as much as possible.<\/p>\n

But, I have to admit, sometimes I have nothing to say. No—often<\/em> I have nothing to say.<\/p>\n

Part of me worries that I have a finite number of stories knocking around in my brain. Like I’m a vessel, and once I pour out the stories, all done<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And to a certain extent, that’s true. I have a terrible<\/em> memory. Terrible<\/em>. I think it’s because I started eating compulsively when I was in second grade, and if there’s one thing addiction does to a person, it robs her of the ability to be in the present moment. I was so fixated on the food that could satiate my demons that I just didn’t encode what was happening around me. So stories from the era when I was frequently and heavily binge-eating? (That would be 7 to 34ish.) Few and far between.<\/p>\n

I try<\/em> to remind myself that new things happen to me all the time, and I can write about those things. And that content on this blog is generated<\/em>, not unloaded, and I can generate content any time, out of anything.<\/p>\n

A lot of the time though, I got nothin. I futz around the house, I peruse only-sort-of friends’ Disney vacation photos on Facebook, I call people and answer emails. And I fret because I have no words.<\/p>\n

However.<\/p>\n

I’ve found a damn-near foolproof method of sparking an idea. I’ve used it a bunch of times, and it’s always rendered some catalyst for me. Here’s hoping I don’t jinx it. Ready?<\/p>\n

I do nothing for two minutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sometimes I have to do nothing for four minutes, but it has never taken more than that. In two to four minutes, something bubbles to the surface, and I start banging away on this keyboard.<\/p>\n

So if you’re feeling uninspired, or overwhelmed, or underwhelmed, try it. And let me know what you think. (And if you have other means of inspiration, do tell.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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