Creativity Struggle Bus

I'm sure I touched on this slightly before - the decision to start a blog - not a light one. I felt I had plenty of things to write about. Fast forward to 2 years of writing - I've not written as much because now I have no idea what to write about. Shocking - I'm a talker, always have something to say, so why am I struggling to write some blog posts routinely?!? Anything I think to write, I shut down thinking people don't want to read about it. The creativity struggle is happening for my blog and work - read on for more on that.

Recently, I promoted myself at Unveiled Bridal & Formal and their sister store - The Edit Hbg. (Who does that?! Promote themselves at a job where they are the employee?!) I took over doing social media and event planning for The Edit. At the time, it sounded like a great idea. Now, I find myself struggling to come up with new content to share on social media. Some days the creativity flows; most days it doesn't. I end up in a rut where I've written or created basically the same things with the slightest variation. That's for sure not getting us new customers! This applies to The Edit and to my personal blog, so it's also not getting me new readers.

With that, I turn to the handful of readers (Sharon & Barb read most consistently, Gene seldom reads but makes an attempt...) to send your ideas & prompts. What do you think the world should be reading from me? What have I done that needs telling?! As I write this paragraph, I remind myself of a situation with the Constable—absolutely worthy of its own post...

I guess for the blog struggle bus of finding things to write about - my life has become mostly boring, all work, less play. My best stories come from the cats or whatever pet I happen to be house-sitting for. There's a piece of me that shuts down simply writing about the pets - because how many people truly want to read about someone else's pets they don't know?

So please weigh in—no matter if it's your first time reading one of my posts, or you've been reading—what do you want to read about? Will you read even if it's the boring day-to-day of my 21 cats or whatever group of pets I'm house-sitting? Do you want something different? Have a question about me, the cats, or the super allergic-to-cats husband? It's all fair game...help me get writing some good content for your entertainment!

Til our tails cross,

Melanie