CIMDHOG

So at the ripe age of 26, I was forced… lool not forced parse but nudged, to get my own personal apartment I.e to live on my own. I had always envisioned this moment to be a rite of passage, like my family would one day gather around in wrappers with lit candles and drums for the official moving out ceremony, but to my disappointment, it was nothing like that. Although to be fair, I was partially living on my own as I lived apart from my family with other people, so I guess I didn’t qualify for the ceremony.

The other day I  had the rare opportunity to observe teenagers in their natural habitat, and by natural habitat I mean any nook and cranny, so long as they are in packs. Within few minutes i was able to observe each member of the pack and their individual role.

Every writer has at one point or the other been faced with the cruel feeling of being stuck, not knowing the next sentence or the next scene to create or to put down into writing. In my short, lackadaisical experience of writing, I have had my own fair  share of this cruel, life altering, and confusing moments. With each experience of blank thoughts and unproductive exercises that I have had, I have built a shortlist  of activities that can help to at least fill in time or at most help to overcome writer's block.

If i had the opportunity of speaking to a younger version of myself (let's say 10 years younger) the following are what i am going to say:                                                                                                               The Future you,                                                                                                               Planet Earth.                ...