My train of thought is a writer's block!!

So I have nothing relevant to discuss as of now. I took an "Introduction to Psychology" class during my engineering. My professor once mentioned the train of thoughts. It basically refers to how thoughts occur in one's mind. One thought leads to another which leads to another one. Each thought is connected in some way or the other to the thought preceding and succeeding it but connections beyond that are highly unlikely. For example, you could start with thinking about what you're going to cook for dinner and end up in wondering how much it would cost you to take a weekend trip to Vienna.

So I've figured that this "train of thought" typically has been a culprit behind the low frequency of my blog posts. Every time I think about a topic to write or I come across an idea that I want to write about, the next step is to think about what I want are the things that I'm going to cover. That takes to to sub topics which relate to something else. Then I go like "Oh! That could be a better topic to write about!!" and the process starts all over again. Another possibility is that I go too deep into one topic and consequently forget what I was going to write about.

Let me give you an example. This is a random chain of thought that has come in my mind quite a few times since I've been here.

"...I miss the Indian street food. I wish there was a place that sold Indian street food. Oh!! That could be a nice business idea. Maybe I should write a blog about it. A new start up idea - Indian street food restaurant/bar in Budapest. Okay. Perfect. I'll do a blog post - "Start up ideas". Okay. No. I just have one and I don't know how amazing it'll be. Well, let's think of another one. I love Turkish food and we don't have Turkish restaurants in India. There should be a Gyros place in India. S**t. That's an amazing idea too. The restaurant business is booming in New Delhi anyway. It's cut throat but it's certainly growing. That reminds me, I need to cook dinner tonight. F**k, I hate cooking. I miss Chotey Lal (my servant). Wednesday's were Biryani and Besan Gatte nights. F**k, I miss his food. And Friday's were Rajma Rice at mom's place. S**t, I should try a hand at Rajma some time. Maybe this weekend. Or maybe not. I keep forgetting, I need to clean up the dishes and everything else after that too. That takes a lot of time. S**t, I need to work on that project too. There isn't much time left. Anika might go loco on me otherwise. She'll probably eat me alive for her dinner. Ignaat goes loco on more than half my stuff anyway. Don't know why he can't be slightly more liberal about timings and cleanliness. I'm an engineer. I'm allergic to such stuff. Such habits are hazardous to my health. Especially when I have to do my laundry on my own. That reminds me, I need to do my laundry as well. Last time I checked, someone was using the washing machine. It's always busy on the weekends. I should probably do it on weekdays. But there's no time on weekdays. It's a heavy semester. Too many classes. This reminds me - I need to work on that project..." 
And the blog post is forgotten. I really wonder how writers manage to write fiction that is 400-500 pages long. I can't manage to stick to the theme when I have to write one blog post. Anyway, after a long hard thought, I decided that I should just write about having the lack of ideas to write about. I hope you liked it.

P.S. - Anika Ji (Referred to as Anika above) and Ignaat are my classmates. All thoughts mentioned about them are for creative purposes only. They're super fun. Although I do find Ignaat's dinner timings annoying. That's a fact. I'm used to eating after 9 pm. Anika Ji's cool but she can be s**t scary too. More on her in future posts though. 

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