I’ve been watching the cursor blink on my computer screen for hours, the white page of the blank document mocking me. I walk away, hoping for inspiration to strike while I pace around my apartment. What can I write about this week? Finals? Studying for finals? Surviving finals week? No, too many people will want to write about that. Maybe politics? That seems to be on everyone’s mind as we get closer and closer to November. But no. I know absolutely nothing about politics and really do not want to start any arguments. No thanks. I’m no longer a sorority sister so there is not much to talk about there. Disney could be a good, safe topic, but no. I have already written two pieces about Disney and I want to write about something different.

But what? What can I write about this week that could potentially stand out? What to do, what to do?

The cursor is still blinking in the same spot, continuing to mock me. The pressure is on now. The deadline to submit my weekly article is growing closer and I still have nothing. Nothing. I feel that I am a pretty darn creative person, since my major is advertising and public relations and we are supposed to be creative people. But why is this so incredibly hard? There are so many topics I could write about, but yet, I’m drawing a blank.

Now I have the motivational, pump up music playing in the background. Eye of the tiger, I can do this. Something exciting must have happened in my life that I could write about? School, Disney, work, Netflix. Nothing overly exciting there. Maybe I could write about the episode of "Grey’s Anatomy"… but of course, I am behind everyone else, so I wouldn’t really be writing about something new. There are countless articles that I have stumbled across about being a communication major, but there has to be a new way to write about it. Think, think, think. Nothing. Nada.

Why is my writer’s block so bad this week? In the past, I have had writer’s block, but I was able to write a decent article for the week. This week, I cannot think of a single thing to write about. I want my article to be meaningful, or funny, or have some kind of impact on the people reading it. I want friends and family and strangers to read my article and really think that it is good. I don’t want people commenting just because they feel obligated to. I want people to share the article with their friends, who share it with their friends, and so on. I want people to read my article and be wowed by it. But what can I write about that will have that kind of impact? Even if there is something to write about, someone else has most likely already written about it, so how do I make it mine?

I’m going to have nightmares about the white screen that I have been having a stare down with for hours. I will be haunted by the sight of a cursor that flashes on my screen, waiting for me to start typing. You win, writer’s block. I hope you have happy dreams about all the stress you constantly cause me. You win.