{"id":3426,"date":"2016-04-17T05:37:38","date_gmt":"2016-04-17T05:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.averral.com\/blog\/?p=3426"},"modified":"2016-04-17T05:38:50","modified_gmt":"2016-04-17T05:38:50","slug":"the-meaningless-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.averral.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/the-meaningless-state\/","title":{"rendered":"The meaningless state"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Onc<a href=\"http:\/\/yozakz.deviantart.com\/art\/Questionmark-190057944\" rel=\"http:\/\/yozakz.deviantart.com\/art\/Questionmark-190057944\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3427 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.averral.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-17-at-1.41.00-pm-300x273.png\" alt=\"Question Mark\" width=\"300\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.averral.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-17-at-1.41.00-pm-300x273.png 300w, http:\/\/www.averral.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-17-at-1.41.00-pm.png 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>e in a while I would be struck with this state, which I term the meaningless state. It is the state of feeling everything is meaningless, and it&#8217;s a state of procrastination intermixed with despondence and a fear to move forward. It is a comfortable state, which is probably the state most people are in most of the time till a risky action is taken.<\/p>\n<p>In this meaningless state, I re-evaluate what I have been doing, and re-correct my actions for the next move. Maybe a more accurate term for this state would be called reflection, but I think it is not about reflection, but starting from a blank clearing.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, my toughest battle is my desire to write more words but it seems the obstacle I am facing is myself, that I am not writing fast enough. There is a story waiting to unfold from within me, but I am not letting it go. In this state, I feel that it is meaningless to go on, and the question is back to &#8211; why am I doing so much?<\/p>\n<p>I am looking at dropping some commitments as I think I am over committed at the moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once in a while I would be struck with this state, which I term the meaningless state. It is the state of feeling everything is meaningless, and it&#8217;s a state of procrastination intermixed with despondence and a fear to move forward. 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