Something to write about
Author: Damian Perera
Date: 11/9/2025
What is something worth writing about? I was stuck in a place of limbo trying to come up with a topic to write about, so I figured why not write about the topic of not having anything to write about? I told myself to write whatever comes to my mind, don't stop and think about it. Don't think about how your writing will be perceived by others because no one cares anyway. I write for myself. And it's funny, as I am writing this I realize the reason why I'm doing this. I've felt a monotonous routine set in my life somewhat, although not fully monotonous, there are a lot of things that are unstable in my life at the moment; But the reason why I write is that I have a need to put something out into the world, something of my own. I know that my day to day work can be replaced by any Jack or Diane, and the work I do really isn't unique. Sure I do help people and they are grateful for it and that makes me feel good, but there was something missing. Just the mere act of writing this creates a sense of fulfillment within me, it's something that no other Jack nor Diane can do, these are my words and thoughts. No AI model can ever come close to the originality of the human mind. AI after all is just a collection of all human thought that ever existed. My flow was interrupted, I had some ginger tea. But anyway, as I write I keep getting more ideas on what to do next, how I should style the page, the type of image I'll include, and so on. So I still haven't answered the original question, what is something worth writing about? It's subjective, you can write anything you want as long as one person is satisfied with it, and that's you, no one else. Sure if I was writing for the NY Times my writing would be more polished and refined but that's not why I write. Conclusions are hard, how can I tie all this up in a smart sounding manner? Find whatever inspires you and explore all depths of it, once you are in the deep end, you'll have plenty of things to write about. I'll get to following my own wisdom now.