I know I’ve been pretty terrible at keeping up with this blog! I repeatedly try. I open up Safari, click on my link to the dashboard, go to the “Add New” page. I sit and stare at this page for so long. Different thoughts race through my mind, none staying long enough to develop into something worth writing. I stopped for ten minutes. I didn’t know where to go next. I still don’t.
We’ve been writing poetry – everyday, which tends to take me hours. I mean, it literally takes me hours to write one poem. The first poem about an abstraction, which I chose happiness. The first thing that came to my mind was camping. Not the actual being outside and sweating and smelling like bug spray. I love the self-reliance of camping, the quiet of being surrounded by more animals than people. I like the being disconnected from the world, avoiding distractions of commercials, pop-ups, ads on the internet, billboards, flyers. There’s such a constant bombarding of total crap. It’s nice to get away and have a mental break from it all. I like not having the internet or cell phone service. When I have it, I feel like I have to use it.
I can’t wait to be unconnected again. It’s when I feel like me, no outside influences. It’ll be just me, family, hotdogs, s’mores, and quiet. There’s nothing better than being outside and surrounded by nothing but trees, water, and the breeze. It doesn’t matter how hot it is or how cold it is, as long as you’re outside, peaceful, and free.
That’s all I can say for now. If you’ve read this far, thank you for your persistence. One day I’ll get better!
You are great! I know EXACTLY where you are coming from. Just posted a thing about this same thing. Sometimes the words just don’t wanna come out…
I know… It’s awful! I hate having blogger’s block! Despite how short this post is, it took me an hour to write.
Love! I definitely relate to you. I find it hard to stay active on my blog too sometimes. I write blogs for a company I work for and spend all day on a computer for work, so after all that, the last thing I want to do is be creative and write on my own blog. It is nice to get unconnected for once and just spend time in nature. nice posts!
I know what you mean! I think I spend most of my day being creative in my writing class and then creative on the assignments for that class that I have no juice left for the blog! I hate neglecting it though! Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
I too love being surrounded by all things in nature. Lovely post.
Great job describing some of the reasons people enjoy camping….