I’m actually shocked at how hard I’m finding it to write.

There was a time, a little over a decade ago, that I would regularly pump out thousands of words a day. I’d trawl the internet for the latest tech news, finding my own unique angles. I’d go to events and write about them, then spend time investigating and writing up follow up stories.

I found an audience and gave them what they wanted.

But today… writing is hard. It’s hard to think of ideas. It’s hard to find unique opinions. It’s hardest still to put metaphorical pen to paper to turn it into something that somebody, somewhere might want to read.

But, if I look back on the past few years, I feel that my own sense of wellbeing started to deteriorate alongside my work moving away from writing words. Now, that could be purely coincidental — I am getting older, after all.

But it’s enough of a coincidence that I’ve decided to try and do something about it. I’m pulling out the old tools and giving them a polish.

I hope I can stick it out. I hope stretch my mind enough to write something vaguely interesting.

(But if anybody has any pointers, please feel free to send them my way…)