Refilled Lately?

It happened again yesterday.

I was zooming along, nothing to do with an online meeting app, simply working away. Ideas were flowing from my pen to the page when the ink started to get faint.

Then there was no more.

I could press really hard and make indentations in my notebook, but no ink.

I could shake the pen and hope ink would come to the nib, but no ink.

I could get disgusted with such shoddy manufacturing and complain, but no ink.

There was no more.

While getting up to get a refill, I realized I can be like that pen.

I can run dry.

Start to get faint.

Make dents.

Shake things up.

Get disgusted and complain.

But none of that is helpful.

Maybe you’ve been there, too. See you back here tomorrow.