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WRITER’S BLOCK EXTRAORDINAIRE

Why Can’t I Write, Dammit?

Think, think, think and write, write, write

Jennifer McDougall
Find Your Happy
Published in
3 min readJan 15, 2025

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Why am I not inspired to be inspiring? Am I just lazy? Photo by Ayesh Rathnayake on Unsplash.

Unfortunately, many people suffer from BPS — Blank Page Syndrome. Stickler

I can’t seem to write lately. Why? Well, here are some of my half-thought-out excuses.

  • I’m muse-less. Life is just too darn good.
  • Half of this past year was spent in hush-hush legal affairs that I’m dying to write about — but can’t.
  • My cat’s sausage tail knocked my sticky IPA onto the keyboard and it hasn’t been right ever since. My laptop, that is — not my cat’s tail. It’s still thick and fluffy and vigorously whacking things about.
  • Firefly Lane released a new season.

So what.

Enough excuses.

I need to write. About something. Anything.

kickstarted herself with a piece about Abe.

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Find Your Happy
Find Your Happy

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Find your happy. Make it happen. Joy, gratitude, and funny amongst the sucky crap life tosses at you.

Jennifer McDougall
Jennifer McDougall

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