What to write when I have nothing to write? | A theme and a Coffee #01

Reading, learning and writing is one of the things I like most in life, but above all writing; being able to transmit what you think and feel, what you need to say but can't say with speech, because it's not the same thing. Since I was a child I had this need to write everything I felt, especially in the form of poetic prose or poetry, despite not being a poet or having experience in literature. What mattered to me was to be able to vent or share some idea that my NOT-so-little head contained.

But you know that moment when you have absolutely nothing to write about because you simply have no inspiration or you don't have the right words to start creating what you want to create?, yes, the blank mind, the damn feeling of "aha, now how do I start?'' I know we all go through that, it's always, always happened and it's not a necessary evil, it's a moment and that's it. I clearly learned this with practice, as at this moment, where I couldn't find a topic or ideas to write about and just started to write what you are reading now.

And to be honest, I don't feel bad, on the contrary, I'm glad I made it this far. It's an important point, it's that half or before half of the post/article and you have to find a way to keep the reader glued to your words. And here I am, and here you are, reading this and wondering ''when are you going to say something'', and then my answer is as simple as telling you that there's nothing interesting in this post, just like that.

And I'm bringing it forward, because maybe from the beginning you already knew where these words were going. The truth is that we will always find something to write and this is a proof of it. I don't have a specific topic, but at the same time I have the topic, the ''what to write when you don't know what to write'' and I tell it from a learner's perspective, because I am not coming to teach you how to write something, nor how to meditate to get rid of the demon of the blank mind. I just come to tell my experience and with this experiment I start, to demonstrate that even how to clean the computer keyboard and how to take the best selfies for instagram, you can even write about how many hairs you have on your head and make a bet with other hivers... ok no.

The thing is, after thinking so much for a whole afternoon, I decided to just sit down in front of the computer and let my hands have lives, to do the work or better, pretend to talk to a friend about my blank mind problem when it comes to writing. And so, thinking and thinking, reading and reading, going through the posts with the most votes in HIVE and getting some ideas for my next post; that's how I got here, writing about NOTHING.

I am very surprised at my progress, it feels great to have reached this point of the post, in my case, is that the amount of words I have left in each paragraph, 528 words to be exact, (I confess that I had to count the words one by one, without remembering that Peakd, when you make the post, tells you how many words you have written, above and to the right, have you seen it yet?, take your time...) every time I reread myself, I always end up embarrassed. Right now I have. I can't help but laugh about it, it's like I'm talking to myself or someone who doesn't exist. But then I think that these are real people who are going to read me, like you, who are reading this, I know you are real and I thank you very much that we have come this far together. I love you, stranger.

Anyway, I must stop because the truth is that I no longer have anything, that is to say, despite having nothing from the beginning, I have done something. But I must stop now because I am entering the pit of anxiety, the same anxiety that tells you to shut up when you feel you are talking/writing too much and that the reader won't finish reading and so I don't want that. Thank you for joining me in this ''I have nothing to say'' adventure. The truth is that you have to be very tolerant and patient with these things, I admire you for that, my dear strange person who is reading this... 735 words, not bad.

The truth is that at least I can say that I have done something, and I don't know if that something is useful to you, but at least it is a topic that can be debated, discussed or even forgotten about and continue reading the quality posts that this wonderful world of HIVE offers us.

And what do you have to say? Has something similar happened to you? Doesn't it bore you to read me?

Love, Johnny.