Tommy Collison

I’ve talked about this point before, so I’ll be concise. It’s how people who write personal blogs have an onus placed on them to lead interesting lives. Unfortunately, this isn’t always possible. Like, sure, there are somedays where I get off my ass and do stuff, like go to the zoo, which is great. Then, on the 364 days, I’m back on my ass.

There are a lot of people I’m friends who I know would make fantastic bloggers. They’d also make fantastic debaters because me bringing up the suggestion of them blogging leads to a powerful argument about how they lead boring lives: I got up, I went to school, I came home, did my homework, watched TV, ate dinner and went to bed.

That’s their average day but.. is mine all that different? We don’t currently have a working TV but apart from that I’m not thaaaaat unusual. I (apparently have crap tastes in music but at least I don’t like Kanye!). 5 days a week, school is a big part of my day too. The weekend is where all the fun zoo trips happen.

So how do personal bloggers combat boring days and find something to write about?

- Talk about something really small and expand it to blogpost length – example

- Go do something worthy of writing about – example

- Write about a memory – example is on thursday, in a scheduled post, because I’m at a wedding.

- Write a short story or poem. If you’re musically inclined, play some notes on your instrument and stick them online – example

- Confess your crap music tastes – example

- Do a video – example

- Do a meta post about writer’s block – example? erm, this post :D