Uninspired... jaded... unmotivated... bored beyond belief..... Is it just me?

Come sit beside me, James. We are together in this. I had been relatively active a while back to but I am currently nursing a myLot burnout syndrome as coined by a fellow myLotter. I just can't bring myself to face the workload of starting discussions. Writing up a discussion is a piece of cake and I can do it before I finish a Mars bar but the commenting? That would take heck of a lot of time. So I hesitate. Really, I feel like starting another discussion yet I can't bring myself to. I am just responding a bit here and there but there don't seem to be much to respond to. Probably, it is just "me".

No, you are not alone James. It does get hard to find really inspiring topics. There are a few interesting and inspiring discussions which i find now and then started by friends like you. Although there has been a significant rise in the mylot population, there has been no evident rise in the good quality discussions. There are so many repeat discussions or most of them are the "bux this bux that" kind of ones. Trying to get my thoughts together on this. Should give you some interesting ones over the next couple of days.

[i]Hi James, I have enough notification from friends to work with so, I have no problem about searching for topics! But, I know some of those post I am just ignoring since it talks about earning and other sites to work with etc! I have that feeling also but very rare and I am glad that I have an alternative! So, I just jumped back and forth! Just keep searching, maybe you will find in hot topics or today's top![/i]

hi James I cannot see how you could not find one or two discussions that interest you when we have one hundred forty three thousand four hundred and forty nine users here. Dont 'be so picky. Maybe the title doesnt appeal to you but read the rest of the discussion and you may be pleasantly surprised. I think we are pretty creative here in mylot and just search a bit and you will find what you seek. happy mylotting.

No, James, you are not alone. I also have a hard time finding discussions to respond to. Not much has really popped out at me lately. The other day, I did respond to about 40+ discussions, only after I searched a bit. I have been bored out of my gourd, too. It's been that way for me at work, too.

well, i haven't been here long enough to have such a dry spell as you. perhaps a lot of the "fun" peeople are gone? perhaps you are too focuses? for me, when all else fails, i go to cooking and cats. it's safe and a good place to read. no stress in these 2 topics !

Shucks, what's to get bored about? Just surf the net until you find something either unusual, funny, or thought provoking. Then start a discussion about it with a link to what you found.

Hi James See I told you, you need counseling!! lol.. More seriously, James, I feel that this is but a phase and we all go through in some point in life, be it here or otherwise. And when go through this, I find even the good discussions as uninspiring. On the contrary, when on more proactive days I find most discussion ( except what's your favorite dish or some intense personal sharings ..) as engaging. It has more to do with my present frame of mind. I feel, the assortment of ideas more or less remain the same, unless some Big Bang recreation or some major gadget is being decided on. Its always between this or that but what's important is how we put it, how we express it and make it intriguing. This is more apt in forums like mylot since it’s like a diary or personal journal and less of a public forum that initiates debates for a massive outlook makeover. What’s more disconcerting, however, is a demotivated James! Mr. James cannot be uninspired, jaded or demotivated for he has the ability of repair, recreate, renovate and metamorphose the most drab of topics to an intriguing one. So shred off and get going….

it is the phase that most of us on mylot face once in a while. may be there are truly not discussions that you are interested to answer. or may be you have got bored with this. may be taking few days off will help.

People sometimes feel that. Last year I felt the same with mylot and after getting my first pay here..I just got totally bored and I just don't want to respond to anything or post anything at all. Then this year after a long long break I am back and try my best to answer as much as possible as I can. I have been paid twice this year and sometimes I still get bored but I don't push myself into doing discussions or responding to it. I just go with the flow of what I can do..You are never alone my friend.

I feel the same way today. In fact my own posts are pretty doggone boring today too. lol

Well, there are times when I can't find anything interesting to comment. After looking at the list on the home page and refreshing it a couple of times, I will begin to feel the way you are feeling. But I always feel that maybe there are some good discussions going on I'm not aware of. So I usually try to search my interests or add new friends who may give you a different perspective in terms of discussions they would start. I have to post more since I'm a little lagging in earnings, especially if I want to make payout this month.

Saviour-V teleports in... No, you aren't the only one. And apparently, it takes something major to get me to post. Case in point: the recent loss of my faithful, beloved, 4-year-old laptop. Some thief broke into my car and stole it while I was window-shopping back on Tuesday evening. Because of this, I am now forced to make more money to get myself a new weapon within 3 months. And although it's a long shot, if I ever manage to catch the thief, he's going to ne in for a whole world of hurt, believe me. Saviour-V teleports out...

i think you're right. i haven't found that there are a lot of good discussion but since i could every cent i force myself to respond to the ones that seem stupid. there are some that are really good and therefore i have no problem responding but it is hard to discuss when the topics are always about bux. i mean you don't have to post a new discussion for it you can just look for old discussions and your answer will probably be there.

I find that when I'm least expecting it, I get a brainstorm of an idea for a discussion. The only problem is that I'd be nowhere near my computer. Then when I am I'm a total mental block. I've found that carrying around a small pad of paper helps me a bit because I can jot down interesting things that happen during the day, then start all my discussions when I'm home.

NO your not alone James.. I am with you as well. I loved responding to people here in mylot some month ago.. but now it just seems that no topic interests me at all. I have search lots of pages to find that one topic in which I would like to respond. I am kinda choosy here in selecting topics to respond.. earlier I had almost 10 topics to respond to in a day, but now there are more days where I just can't find a single topic to respond to and I end up logging out as my mood also sinks down and after that I can't even start any discussion of my own as well. And yes I must admit am not that philosopher kind as well, so you will always find my discussions simple and casual. As I usually ask my life related question here in mylot.

My goodness James, long time no see. Well that unmotivated and uninspired space hit me awhile ago. I hadn't visited here for months and only did because Barehugs just gave me a best response for something I wrote 4 months. I've been back at Hubpages and a friend put me onto Facebook. Facebook is very good for the bored. Hubpages has been wonderful for me lately. I've found some inspired writers who inform and make me laugh, make me think and get me riled up too. Can't help being riled with the election carry-on at the moment. Am back here having a look around so I may not see you for another few months again.

Yeah, I noticed.

hi there,i am the same. you are not alone!not in the mood sometimes just search and search and sometimes get bored. cannot even consentrate to reply some discussion.in my case my mood are depending the weather thats why i am like thisif sunshine i feel great but if rain,cold and windy hmmmm not in the mood of everything.yeah and the topic also specially politics too much in my head and goes to my nerves.

Hi James. I am just new here, barely a month MyLotting, and i am already experiencing the lull. What i have realized is that we ran out of topics, or we just couldn't seem to find the right discussions to reply to because we are constantly glued here. We need breaks, we need to exhale so we can "inhale" certain topics that don't seem appealing to us. Because we can be so discriminating with regards to topics posted, we tend to ignore the fact that we can actually spice them up, improvise them, whatever. And this is also because we tend to become so impersonal the longer we stay infront of the PC. I guess...Somewhere in our conscious minds seemed to freeze. We have become programmed to "just write and post." It is like "technical begets technical" or whatever you may call it. Hey James, there is life here. Take it easy, relax, go out. It's just writer's bleak (lol).