I was struggling with what to write about one day, and I came to social media and said that I needed a focus and asked what I should write a poem about. A lot of people suggested that I write about a unique sensation in life, or some deep profound notion — but then a lot of people mentioned that I should write about the lack of focus. In doing so, I will find the focus.

It does make sense in the fact that I was studying full-time and working full-time and that in itself is a lot to manage — sometimes too much to manage. In that sense, I realise that my brain kind of shut off because it was trying to divert all the energy and the attention to what I had perceived as the most important things. Now, it has been a several weeks after I have finished my degree. I feel like my brain is almost coming back online.

I have been learning German for several years now, and I feel as though I should be much further along with it than I am. That said, I do feel that that is a pretty normal feeling amongst people who learn languages. In my case, my native language is English. I am constantly comparing my German level to my understanding of English. More often than not, that is completely disregarding the fact that I have many more years of experience with the English language, in many differen

All of that said, the fact that I have discussed producing more fiction does not mean that I will be giving up on poetry or non-fiction entirely, because it's something that I enjoy. It's just the introduction of fiction as part of my writing. I could also incorporate something like narrative poetry — so it's kind of a cross between the fiction and the poetry; it's delving into something new, but also not so new that it feels scary.

I also get the impression that people don't like to read blogs because they are written by ‘random people’...