Sometimes, there’s just nothing to say, so should I say nothing?
Steem is down, where all the other coins seems to be holding their ground, there’s not many posts and I’m feeling a little uninspired today.
I sometimes I have to remind myself that Steemit is a blogging platform, and not reserved for those ‘serious articles’ exclusively.
It’s great to write about your experiences of walking on the planet Venus, skydiving without parachutes or running naked through New York with your underpants tied to your head, but life just isn’t that exciting every day is it?
I had a look today through my iPhone pictures in search of something to write about. I tried to climb that dratted mountain Pen-y-ghent last weekend, got more than 70% up but failed to bring any food or water with us.
A little stupid really as it was full of hikers with all their fancy gear plus myself and my daughter with nothing but the clothes on our backs.
We were getting a little thirsty on the ascent and those lovely mountain streams you hear about were nowhere to be seen.
The mountain defeated me again, so should I tell you all about this? Well I am because I don’t have much more to say today. It was a bleak cloudy day but the heavens didn’t open and drench us.
I also visited Bolton and took some snaps of graffiti in a renovated old train station. I think it’s been there since those days, but they have decided to just leave it and it adds to the flavour somewhat. Now it’s a shopping mall and restaurant outlet.
Nando’s decided to leave the original graffiti on their goods in door.
Even the toilets in this place are art driven, a skull on the wall?
Lastly, we had a walk on the Leeds/Liverpool canal a few weeks ago. It was in the East Marton area in West Yorkshire, but again it was nothing spectacular.
We passed an ancient church, spotted some gunge in the canal and had some nice views of the countryside. There were also some colourful barges docked up.
The last snap is close to East Marton and not in the deep Amazon rainforest as it appears to be.
Do I need spectacular words and photographs to create something readable?
Well there’s your THREE-IN-ONE post from me today. I don’t think any of these are worthy in their own right but maybe together they may just make for one, especially as there isnt a lot else out there right now!
If you found this article so invigorating that you are now a positively googly-eyed, drooling lunatic with dripping saliva or even if you liked it just a bit, then please upvote, comment, resteem, engage me or all of these things.
You claim you feel like you have nothing to say, and then you go on to deliver one of the best travel blog posts I've read this month! Don't sell yourself short, man.
I get the 'feels like my content dried up' feeling fairly regularly, and I'll take a few days off to post. What I've found is that sometimes the posts we assume are 'nothing' turn out being something after all, because they're absolutely unique to YOU. Make something people can get nowhere else, and you've succeeded in the face of what you consider to be a low period.
I'll echo @steevc above: the times when Steem is low are the best times to be writing, because what you make then is worth far, far more later on down the line. :)
Thanks, but I really didn't think it was anything special. With the amount of attention it got, others would disagree it seems. I will endeavour to be more positive about my posts!
If you are looking for something to do one day and can find enough photographs to support it, how about featuring the Pennine Way, or parts of it? I used to take M62 across the Pennines when I was delivering in the North. It is one of England's most beautiful drives.
Trust me, I'm a doctor.
I have been walking again this weekend and will be featuring more moors and barrenness soon.
I'm going to Scotland and the Highlands next weekend too so lots more to come.
Greatest post ever... Uninspired seems to do nothing to you. I like all your photos. Can't go wrong with an overcast heath.
So true. Great to post about all sorts of subjects :) I need to do that more! Thanks for the inspiration.
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Thank you @c-squared :)
As a matter of fact, i found your post so refreshing. You may sound gloomy as I also feel regarding my write ups go unnoticed but your piece was still worth reading and make me even feel good about myself again. Thanks. More power to you. 😊
I think the STEEM price is getting everyone down a little. Thanks for looking and the appreciation. :)
Well, this is rich and full of content post :) Good looking photos (the one with the house is my favorite), and nice story.
Thanks! I do try even when there's little to write about.
I like this 3-in-1 post and find these graffiti pictures, most notably the one with the skull very cool. It reminds me of the logo of the new company of the creator of Metal Gear video games, Hideo Kojima.
And yeah, you cannot have incredible adventures every day unfortunately, but we would be tired of it and require some rest if it were the case...
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