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The Meaning of Life Is Absurd
You can’t find the meaning to life without first accepting that life is meaningless
One of the more daunting things a person can experience is a little something called a “creative block.” It applies to any craft or endeavor we can imagine, but we hear about it most often in the domain of writing.
Our linguistic overlords at Merriam-Webster define it as such:
writer’s block: a psychological inhibition preventing a writer from proceeding with a piece
It’s a pretty straightforward definition but misses one crucial aspect, which I’ve added below:
writer’s block: a psychological inhibition preventing a writer from proceeding with a piece, making his/her life miserable in the process
I recently found myself challenged by this “psychological inhibition”: I was staring hopelessly into a digital blank page, my heart rate elevating with each blink of the cursor. I knew there was some idea or topic floating around in my mind, it just wouldn’t surface enough for me to grasp it and expand upon it in a fluid…