What To Say When You Have Nothing To Say
On the internet and in real life
Sometimes you don’t have to say anything. And sometimes starting with, literally, ‘I’m not really sure what to say. . . ’ will get the ball rolling. . . whether that’s in that specific conversation, shortly after, or with much more time and space.
I’m realising that writing is often much more about having head space than it is about having time. I suppose they’re intertwined, but I can have time to write and nothing figured out, to write about.
A lot of things aren’t necessarily appropriate, or you may not be ready to share, online or with certain people (and maybe in some cases, you never will).
Sometimes that can be hard to navigate. Especially when those things consume a lot of your life and your thoughts. You can only do what’s right for you and you don’t always have to be 100% transparent, I don’t think.
Some people might choose to take time away from a newsletter like this, or content creating however they do it, or take time to figure out if they have anything to say to the people in their lives before jumping in. But I wanted to take this opportunity, when I’m feeling a little bit like I have nothing to say here, to address this feeling and let you know that I know it won’t last.
I know I also need to create boundaries around what I share here, as well as what I share with who in all other areas of my life.
All this, to let you know that there may be fewer thoughts from me at the moment and more on books and recommendations, OR I may get inspired again very soon with something out of the blue.
I hope you’ll stick around to see how it goes.
I’m so grateful to you all for being here so far; I’m still loving creating here.
In the meantime, I’ve spent some time drafting my responses to a slow living questionnaire from Sophie over at
and even if I don’t eventually submit my answers (I’m hoping I will), it’s been the perfect writing exercise to get into.The series of interviews about how people incorporate slow living into their lives is such a lovely idea and I can’t wait to read it when it launches.
What do you find is right for you in seasons and moments like this?
Jess your writing is brilliant even when you have nothing to say!
I go through periods when I just cannot put the words I want together, for whatever reason, and then bam! I come up with several articles in a row. Unlearning this -- training -- most of us received from corporate taskmasters that one must be constantly producing or is a failure if not is crucial to our work. Sometimes things have to percolate through our multiple layers until the perfect brew emerges. I would rather have an amazing cup of coffee every once in a while than a weak watery one daily.
Please keep going, as you can, how you will, whenever inspiration strikes. You make a grand cuppa.