This is my second post on Journaly and before starting to write I didn't know what to write about, lack of ideas is something that happens to me a lot specially when I'm trying to speak or write in English for practicing. So, I decided to write about this feeling of don't knowing what to communicate to others because your own mind betrays you and leaves you in a mind in blank state.
Maybe it is because I'm not very used to it, I don't use English actively very often, I'm used to watch YouTube videos or movies or series on Netflix and read some articles on the internet but I don't communicate my own thoughts very often. If this works like a muscle I hope that words will be able to flow through my mind by practicing so that I can express me more easily. Meanwhile this skill develops on myself I'll continue to write again and again.
If you have experienced dealing with this feeling before I encourage you to give me your advice In the comments. So that, my next post will be easier for me to find the topic to write about and I wish that the words will flow more easily from me to you my reader.
Hi @Angel_312! I kind of know this feeling. If I sit myself down and think: "Let's write something," the ideas will not come. Because of that, I'm normally taking notes throughout the day that include all the things that come to my mind and could be worth writing about. Many times those are also topics I need to do some research on. The motivation to actually do the research increases when I know that I can share the results here on Journaly.
Hey @Angel_312! I've definitely experienced this, and I do believe that expressing thoughts in a foreign language is a skill that works like a muscle. When I started learning Chinese, I made the commitment to speak Chinese for 10 minutes each day. When I started, I didn't know what to say and I spoke extremely slowly. But now, about 4 months later, I can speak very quickly about a variety of topics. Keep going, it will get easier! :)
Oof... Man that's a very common thing you're struggling with. The way I manage to overcome it is keeping it as simple as possible. I try to decide what I am going to write about in less than 10". I just ask "what excited me today/this week?" or "what is it that really bothers me in the world?". If nothing comes to mind in ten seconds, I just pick a nice short story from my daily life and write about it. When you do this on Journaly I bet you want to "avoid" writing about sth boring but imo that shouldn't bother you too much. The point is to just use the language as you did above ;)
I look through my photos to get ideas about what to write about. I think I will also start looking through the topics Journaly offers to see if that sparks an idea.