A couple of weeks ago, I had a bad case of bloggers block. I couldn’t think of anything interesting to write about. A couple of times I woke up in the middle of the night with an idea, but then I’d fall straight back to sleep and by the morning the inspiration had gone.
I had a bit of a grumble about it on Twitter, and someone suggested that I needed to get a notebook to keep beside the bed. It seemed like a good excuse to invest in some pretty stationery, and guess what? It has worked. I’ve not just got a beside-the-bed notebook, I’ve also got an in-the-kitchen one and an in-the-handbag one. I’m bursting with ideas. Whenever anything comes to mind, I scribble it down. Sometimes I turn the scribblings into blog posts, and sometimes they come to nothing.
It has been a great reminder that for all I rely on my computer and phone, sometimes reverting to good, old-fashioned pen and paper is the best solution.
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Nothing like some pretty new stationary to get one motivated 🙂
It’s like being back at high school 😉 ill need lots of coloured pens next!
You’re turning into me (there’s a thought…) – I still use good old fashioned pen and paper (filofax) every day 🙂 AND I have a notebook by the bed.
I did all the way through uni – my essay writing used to involve cutting up and pritt-sticking together lots of notes! Then I trained myself to type straight onto the screen, but it’s still so useful to have somewhere to scribble odds and ends.
Brilliant idea- to keep it in one place that is!! I am always jotting down bloggy ideas, but here and there, on random scraps, and do I ever find them?? Heck no!
I am soooo impressed that you blog daily… I have never achieved that kind of discipline – I think it’s because I have an equal number of email subscribers to followers, so I imagine people’s inboxes getting stuffed with my ‘Lupus in Flights’ and I can’t bear the thought of someone thinking “Oh no, not another post from Shaista!”
Any advice?!!
You’ve just caught me on a good week! I quite often only blog two or three times a week. If you take photos then a lot of the linkys like Project 52 and Silent Sunday are a good way to do more posts. Most important thing is to have fun though! Xx
Nothing better than a notebook and some notes to keep you inspired x
Although at least half of it never gets further than being a scribble! Thanks for reading and commenting 🙂 xx
I absolutely love notepads!But I have far to many!I dare not say how many I counted up once!
Oh go on, do share! We are a many notebooked household too – for to-do lists, shopping lists, writing poetry etc.., just hadn’t had a dedicated blog one before! X