I would upvote questions, because asking questions is the best way to learn something.

You've said it all,  the reason why many don't have something on there blog is because they already target a markrt share of steemit blockchain,  for some  it is once a day for esteem,  ulog,  just name it.  
Many also are discouraged to put in there effort when it might not have an interesting  yield in terms of payout. 
And they find it very easy to do such on facebook,  that's the most bizarre  part. 

Some don't read post too,  sometimes because it's too long,  or they are just there for the upvote, many reasons abounds  with this. 
In all,  we all have something  to share,  but the little effort of writing  and editing with good picture  is demanding. To be sincere.

Hi taraz. I think you have an excuse if you have been posting 5 times a day fro 2 years to struggle some days. I have been on here a while now and haven't really had any blockages of thought yet. Those days will come I am sure but if you look around there is always something.

For the past week or so I have been taking James Altucher's approach to thinking and ideas. He suggests that we think up ten ideas every single day. These ten idea can be about anything at all ( business ideas, post to write, suggestions to companies, ect...)   A better run down of this method can be found by searching for James Altucher ten ideas a day. After a while the mind begins thinking more and from angles you never even knew were there.  

Someone once told me thinking was overrated (albeit jokingly). I think a lot of people take that statement a little too seriously and it has become kind of ingrained

Maybe we live in societies designed to prevent us from thinking too much, but there is some laziness too in people. I believe many people think a lot about their personal lives and struggles but aren't willing to share those things here.

What whould I do if i was free to do what I want? I asume you also include there that i did not have to worry about having enough money, and if so i whould Learn asmuch as i could about this world and myself, and spend my time talking with others about that. And helping as manny as i can along the way with what I am abel to help whem with.

But then most of the individuals likely to answer  this wquestion here isnt likely an avarage indiovidual. Like my answer, is far from what most wil answer.

Reasons for actions is very interesting, and it seems to me that yes, most whould do the exact same as most others do,  mainly because most aim to fit in with others, as opose to being who they are. It can be very scary to walk outside the lines of the commons. That is unless you are not very confident and true to the self. And lack understanding of how the world works.

More times than not, people are collectors of things including knowledge.  Most of that information, like the physical things we collect, are not used but put up on shelves so they can be seen by the person like a trophy.

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Has thinking _ever_ been fashionable?

I hope you will not get two pages of comments rehashing what you just wrote and lamenting the times we live in.

OK, maybe I'm a little strange. I *do* like to think about shows I watch. I'm pretty fussy about what I watch however, and it follows the same lines as to what I choose to read: and that is stuff that makes me think, ask questions, consider possibilities.

The most recent thing that has gotten my creative juices flowing is **Westworld**. I've got tons of notes I've made, inspired to write articles, essays, posts.... but there is so damn much in that show that can be turned into some wonderful ideas and discussions about so many topics ....

Part of the lack of thinking as you refer to it is due to the fast pace of modern world. I've noticed myself get sucked into that 'hustle vortex' (as I call it). I got so sucked into it, I needed to withdraw for six months. I realise now it was something like Information Overload (i.e. burn-out). When I was burned-out, I couldn't think. I couldn't read. I couldn't write. Because my creativity requires collateral energy, and that energy was just not there. So needed to recover.

I noticed this in the clients I used to see. Burn-out. No spare energy to consider *what* changes to make in their lives, let alone *how* to make those changes. Is it any wonder?

Hence, the "Slow Life". It provides *space* for thinking, for creativity, for considering and contemplating, for making appropriate and congruent choices.

Thanks for creating the space for me to consider these things.....
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Somebody recently said that the internet had spoilt him and his attention span has gotten small. I had to agree. What we were talking about was watching videos. I never used to balk at the idea of an hour long one, but now I do. I thought it was because I've just gotten too busy of late to be able to afford that time, but he could very well be correct. We're used to getting information in short form now.

I can't imagine struggling to have something to write about, but then I don't often have time to write anyway, so I've yet to put it to the test really. I used to envy hubby having plenty of time to write, but he never did and would say he didn't know what to write about. I could throw lots of ideas at him, but in all honesty I think he prefers to play Minecraft and Agario. I even suggested he make it useful and record it for dTube!

My eldest is in England, being taken to all different places and had still only written once in nearly three months! She didn't write much then either. More interesting things to do I guess. When it comes to my lot, saying they don't know what to write about is just an excuse not to have to write! 😆

Conceptualising one's thought is very difficult, well for most people. Even in relationships people cannot communicate what they want or feel.

When it comes to creativity people face the same problem, even I sometimes find it hard to convert my thoughts from my mind to paper, this is usually due to the fact that I'm trying to process too many times simultaneously. 

I think when it comes to creating content must people try too hard. They want to create something of importance and they feel a whole lot of pressure and end up writing nothing. My approach is simply: build on simply idea or event. Our minds are streaming with millions of such ideas every day, all we need do is tarry with one long enough. Explore it's merit and demerit, how it applies to you and others. With those simple steps you can transform a random thought into an idea worth sharing 

So to the question:

>If you were free to do what you want, what would you do? 

I would be reading, spending time with my family and friends, discovering new things and feeding my interest in books. Funny enough, these very simple goals are the hardest to achieve, given the many of things contending with our time.

I think people consume knowledge and don't take a moment to think about what they just learnt or how valuable it is or if it's even the right way,  probably most people are just lazy to think or something

Very true mate. We are dumbing down the more our minds become saturated with garbage. My father used to get very irritated when trying to converse with others as he was a very intellectual and well read man, he told one of my uncles a long time ago trying to talk to people less willing to think is like listening to a cage full canaries. Me, I'd love to be a pub owner in a little village in England or the countryside in Australia somewhere. I like listening to people, watching them interact and having a good time. I think that's who I am

Thinking requires active effort. Contemplation requires more than that. Who's got time and effort for thinking? 😑

Nice post consumptions, ideas, story lines

Man, I really don't know how people don't have what to write... For me I like to write, make podcasts and videos for everything that I started to understand or I already understood, because I think that if we try to pass the knowledge for people, we understand better also knows points that we didn't think when you start a discussion.
For me it's easier to talk about anything but I saw a problem in other people with that.

Thinking is very much out of fashion.

I would bet on average humanities ability to "reason" has gone down over last 2 thousand years.