One of Those Days Where You Don’t Want to Write

I am in a funny mood today. I don’t really want to do anything. I just want to sit around and watch some classic UK-based television shows. Normally, I’m not like this, I’m normally a busy bee, keeping myself occupied with various things, mostly Youtube, writing and video games, although I occasionally do some art too. That being said, I haven’t drawn anything cool in ages. But today is different. There’s laziness in the air and I find myself not wanting to do anything. In particular though, I find myself not wanting to write.

This is a bit of a problem for me. I’ve dedicated the last six years or so to writing. Not writing a book (which would be the smart thing to do) but writing articles and short stories. On productive days, I’ll find myself writing both fiction and non-fiction. Every day, ever since January 1st 2016, I’ve written at least 500 words a day. Most of the time I write a bit more, reaching a nice 600 or even 700 words a day. Some days, I write over 1000 words, generally split into multiple articles. Really, it’s amazing that I’ve gotten this far and am still writing. Lately though, it’s been hard to write anything. I am kinda repeating myself, but I kinda think I have to repeat myself sometimes. Things change over the years, and I am surely going to have different opinions over time.

What does annoy me though is that I’m struggling to write about games and stuff. My main hobby after writing is probably video games, even if I only play a tiny a selection of them. But as of late, I’ve had issues with my laptop and insanely long loading times. The only games that play well for me are the likes of Minecraft and Team Fortress 2, but we have already written a lot about those games. Although there are still things I could write about for those games, I feel like, again, that I’m repeating myself. That being said, some ideas do come to mind. But I have wanted to try a few other games lately and most of them have had issues. I tried The First Descendant, which, after a lot of troubleshooting, I did manage to play the tutorial and I did enjoy it. But I wasn’t able to play it enough to give it a proper review.

At the same time though, I don’t really want to try anything new. I want to stick to my comfort zone. There’s a feeling of safety that I somewhat crave right now. It’s why I’ve been watching a lot of Taskmaster and Great British Bake Off. They’re very formulaic and somewhat predictable, and thus don’t cause any unneeded stress. I can just chill out and watch. And with Taskmaster series 16 having been slowly coming out, I actually have fresh content to watch.

At the end of the day though, it’s just a bad day. I’ll get over this, I’ll find something to play, I’ll get back to wanting to write. And, somehow, in the process, I’ve managed to write 500 words.

That’s good, at least…