Can I Write My Way Out of Burnout?

If I can, I'll need your help...

I NEED YOUR HELP.

Burnout is really kicking me in the teeth. And I’ve had enough. I need some purpose in my life, I need to feel I’m moving forward even if it’s only by a few inches. I need to write my newsletter here on Substack. Because if I don’t I’m going to sink.

The problem is, the more I try and think about what to write, the blanker my mind gets. I feel like my thoughts and ideas are laughing at me, like they’re playing hide and seek and giggling with mirth when I just cannot seem to catch one of them. Which makes me feel quite violent towards said thoughts and ideas, I’m not going to lie.

I’ve been having other types of thoughts, though. Negative ones. Thoughts about burning it all down and starting again. And I really, really don’t want to do that.

I’m also wondering whether the content of my Substack newsletter is simply too narrow. It’s here to document my writing journey - but if I’m not writing there is absolutely nothing for me to write about. And quite honestly I feel ‘burned out’ with writing that I am burned out.

So help me. PLEASE.

Is there something you’d like to ask me? Is there something you’ve always wondered about me and my writing/creativity/journey? Or even something unrelated to that? You might simply want to know what my favourite vegetable is (leeks and sprouts) or what I cook on Christmas Day (again, leeks and sprouts!)

But seriously. If you wouldn’t mind telling me what to write about. I just need a kick start. I’m like a broken down car you have to push to get the engine ticking over again. Hopefully, I’ll roar back into life. So ask me questions. I need to write to keep me sane - you’d be doing me a HUGE favour.

Thank you.