It's summer, and I am not feeling it.
Report from a writer in search of ideas.
The Substack algorithms keep reminding me that I have not published for two weeks. Why? Because I am out of ideas! I’m busy with work, it’s super hot here, and the daily news is horrible. And I am trying to eat less sugar.
Recently, some researchers at Northwestern University reported that people were more willing to exercise if they thought of their equipment as having personalities. Give your treadmill or your jump rope a name and a sassy attitude, and you’ll want to hang out with it more.
So what personality does Substack have? Hey, Lady Substack, let’s have fun writing articles! Come on, Suzy Substack, get your act together and get this week’s issue out? Wow, Mr. Substack, you’ve got some nifty new landing page layout features!
I dunno.
Do you have ideas for me? If so, please share them in the comments:
And now, let’s let Neil Young take us out with this unfortunately still-relevant song from 2006.
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I recommend asking a friend or acquaintance to tell you a story. It’s going to make you think of a similar story of your own.
That made me LOL, Annie. 😁 Two ideas for you: 1) I've given myself the summer off from Substack for the most part (you'll see what I mean if you read mine). 2) I find that writing a quick draft with a few notes when something pops into my head and then massaging that idea later is much easier than starting from a blank page.