Writing is fun but coming up with article ideas is hard sometimes.

Here are 40 things I may or may not do every week when trying to think of something to write about.

1. Look up article ideas on my phone

2. Listen to music

3. Play with my dogs

4. Watch Netflix

5. Homework

6. Eat

7. Scroll through Instagram

8. Check my personal email

9. Check my school email

10. Look at my work schedule

11. Check GroupMe

12. Check my personal email again

13. Scroll through Facebook

14. Look up apartments/houses on Zillow

15. Look at the marketplace on Facebook to see what people are selling

16. Check Blackboard

17. Read other peoples’ Odyssey articles

18. Answer texts

19. Nap (until my dogs wake me up)

20. Look up more article ideas

21. Check the GroupMe for article ideas

22. Come up with a good idea

23. Stare at a word document with just the idea typed out

24. Go back to brainstorming topic ideas

25. Look up spring break trip ideas

26. Check Snapchat

27. Look at my editors' article ideas list

28. Cry (not really)

29. Do a face mask

30. Watch youtube

31. Stare at a blank word document hoping an idea will come to mind

32. Check my notes on my phone for article ideas

33. Online shopping (mostly just looking at stuff I want)

34. Think about how I need to write my article

35. Text friends asking what their article is about this week

36. Ask friends what I should write about

37. Change playlists on Spotify

38. Make food or coffee

39. Stare at my phone waiting for someone to text me

40. Finally, think of an idea and begin to write