The writing dilemma

I am having a hard time writing this newsletter today. I have thought and thought of random topics, but nothing is giving me the vigour and inspiration to write a whole newsletter on them. Has my life become boring? Is it too comfortable? Am I not reflecting enough? And the list of self-questioning continues.

Whenever I recommend someone to write in their journal, I tell them that they should write anything when they don’t feel like writing. So here I am, using this space today as my journal and sharing with you all that I don’t feel very inspired to write much at all today. But because I have promised to be consistent, that promise matters more than the actual content.

I wonder what you all expect from my newsletter. Do you enjoy more topics like patriarchy, lifestyle, mental health or just basic sharing? I am asking this because now I am questioning myself what I should write about if I don’t have a patriarchal issue to write about. Of course, patriarchy is all around us, but sometimes I live in a bubble around people who are more aware of this than not.

I also seem to contemplate often on a lifestyle that is slow and mindful, but that is a privilege that I enjoy but not many can. I contemplated writing how I sat on the bus today and enjoyed the journey rather than hurrying to get somewhere to complete the next checklist of the day. I neither looked at my phone, nor opened a book, nor heard a podcast. Just took note of the surroundings around me and the journey - observing, contemplating, thinking or just being. I did not think of it as interesting enough to share or too repetitive for my blog.

I thought of sharing my recent appreciation of this page, where a school contacted me for a mentorship call with a student to help them in their blogging journey. I was deeply honoured and had never expected this random blogging to be used as a tool for inspiring young adults. It was such a fulfilling call and made me really motivated to keep this writing going.

But here I am today, absolutely blank. Between juggling my yoga classes, studying and fighting within to live a slow life, I do not know what to write about this week at all. So here I am sharing with you, the jumbled-up topics in my head and hoping that next week will be a better writing week.