She cautiously set her cup on the table and decided it was enough. A week of no activity was not good for her health. Both physical and mental. Her creative juices were drying up and her back had started to hurt.
This is what happens when you take a day break to sleep. You think you need a day and that becomes two days and slowly a week. Suddenly, more things pile up and you are out for a week and then the weather stops supporting. It rains cats and dogs and the flu finds a home in your body. What started as a break becomes a vacation. An unwelcomed one.
She decided this was enough.
A warm water bath, change of clothes, a cup of piping hot ginger tea and her laptop was all she needed to get started. There was no one at home so it was quiet to concentrate.
But what will she write?
She wanted to share a travel story or it could be a life reflection too. Many varied thoughts led to confusion and she was struggling to decide.
Then here what she did. She set the timer for 5 minutes and wrote exactly what was on her mind. At the end of her time, she has ~150 words and that’s what she clean ed up to publish.
Bloggers do all sort of things to get to the zone of writing and like you can now guess, I am feeling so much better now that this post is live.
True life story. Happened yesterday. As real as it can get.
A quick free write to break a week of no-blogging and writing for #FridayReflections from where this idea came.
happiness and food 
Oh dear – bad case of flu and the blues . Glad you wrote about it and got the juices flowing . Hope you get better soon
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Thank you Sunita. I am feeling much better now. 🙂
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Parul, bloggers sure know some tricks! It is not necessary to have a topic in your mind to write. When you want to write- write! It is therapeutic. I hope you are already back to routine and will find some interesting tree and a shot to share next week! Have a relaxing weekend! 🙂
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Ha ha! Yes for sure, a tree 😊 thank you!
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Har blogger ki kahaani, Parul! 🙂 I am glad you found your mojo!
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hai na? 🙂 he he!
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I think we had a week (s) with the same theme for both of us Parul. I can so relate to opening up of heart and letting the mind take the control of the pen.
Happy that you found your gait at the end of the exercise.
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Thank you Anagha! Yes, atleast in my mind yes.
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So glad it worked out for you. I do hope you are feeling better physically, Parul.
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Much better Corinne! Thank you 🙂
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Felt like reading my own story. I guess we all feel like this in between. Good you got back to writing. I know how it feels after published a post.
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🙂 yeah! And the second is yet to be written but I now want to plan a bit.
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Glad it worked well for you, Parul. I had a crazy week too, unwell kids, gloomy weather and tired me. I think it is a part of every bloggers life.
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Oh no! Sorry to hear 😦
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Good that you wrote Parul. I am in the same boat too. Haven’t published a post for 2 weeks and my brain is all eager to express my emotions. I am glad I could join #FridayReflections. Hifi!
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Do you want to join Thursday Tree Love this Thursday? 🙂 Maybe a good idea to get to the groove.
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Writing always makes me feel better afterwards too. I can relate. I love reading these kinds of raw and honest posts. It makes me feel less alone. Glad you’re feeling better.
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Thank you! Yes, I am much better.
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Free writing is so good for any kind of writer’s block. Glad this helped you and good to see you writing 🙂
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Is it! Thank you Sanch.
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Hahah .. I am reading this, as I wonder what my next post should be about.. Bloggers way of life? Let me get cracking and see if 150 words could be weaved into some sense.
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You can do it! Perfect topic 🙂
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Free write is savior, right? I’m glad you wrote this post, Parul. Hope you were able to free your body of flu. Here all four of us are sailing the same boat, down with soar throat, cold and cough. Take care!
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Totally! Oh no. Sorry to hear.
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I like this idea of setting up the timer and writing whatever you feel like. Good tip to get over writer’s block. Take care
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Ha ha! It totally works. Try it out.
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I had done this twice, it was good feeling. Putting words together without thinking much about the context and bothering about the topic.
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You are so cute 🙂 ❤
I hope you are feeling better now.
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