Dear Daisy - I've had writers' block for a decade

How can I write when I don't know what to write about?

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Now, for this week’s Dear Daisy…

I’ve had writer’s block for a decade

I want to write, badly. But I don't have a clue what to write about. 

The thing is, I used to write a lot when I was younger, I was blogging but it was also my job as a journalist. I then left the job and the industry, stopped blogging and stopped writing. It's been over a decade now.

For the last 3/4 years I decided that I wanted to write again. So I started reading all about it, taking writing workshops and taking journaling challenges. But outside of these steps, I don't write and most importantly, I have no idea what topics to write about.

Also, I lately came to the conclusion that I DO NOT LIKE to journal. My life is boring, nothing interesting is happening and I find writing over and over and over about my thoughts and feelings depressing. I tried many times but journaling doesn't bring the joy or fulfilment that I want to find when I am writing. But I'm clueless as to what would make me enjoy writing.

Does that mean that writing isn't actually my thing ? How do I find the genre of writing that I like and want to pursue ? (Should I mention that writing fiction terrifies me ?)

A so-called writer