Slumps

Oh no. Oh geez. Oh gosh. Why? Why? Why? It's been happening. I am being plagued be the one thing a man in my position can't stand. The thing anyone who looks to pursue a career in comedy or writing for a living can't bear with. I'm talking about a creative slump. I'm so well into this slump that I've lost track of the days. I've barely written a thing. A few jokes here and there but outside of that I've had the creative output of an orange peel.

I'm even struggling to write this blog. My brain is just moving in slow motion all the team. A few weeks ago I was doing it all. I was machine gunning stand up performances and cranking out sketch videos. Sadly, I got exhausted by it fairly quick. I start to get depressed and loathe myself when I don't feel like I'm creating but it's not like I can force my creative spark either. When I do that, I begin to produce such useless drivel. It's like I heard in a song once. "It is better to destroy than to create what is meaningless."

So what do I do, reader? Should I get a CAT scan? How about I start writing with my left foot? That worked pretty well for Christie Brown. Perhaps I'll try a new creative outlet. Something like those Jackass guys do. Let's google search the highest point in Gainesville, then I'll dance on top it wearing an Avatar costume while eating a pickle. I hate pickles so this will cause we to start vomiting. Also, vomit makes me vomit so I would just keep vomiting until it is only dry heaves.

Or maybe...just maybe. This shall pass. Is that optimism I'm detecting? Yes! It is! That's what I need right now. Optimism. They only way to get through these slumps is to be confident in yourself. To know you've been on fire before and it will come again. It's just like an olympic athlete training to beat his own time. I can only vow to better than I am a year from now. Looking back to where I was last year, mission accomplished.

"Check yourself before you wreck yourself."