I Just Know What I Know - Part I
So yea, another hiatus - due to lazyness (story of my recent life) more than writer's block as I actually have had a number of things that I've wanted to post. However, the work grind, computer repulsiveness (eye thing), weekend travel, Madden '06 (still), weekday socializing, and the fact that I have these things all written out in my head on my commute home but lose it when I walk into my apartment have contributed to another prolonged break.
My theme for this week, which inherently suggests that I'm publicly proclaiming that I will have a number of posts in the immediate future which has proven to be my most motivating writing tool, is "advice." I'm no Ann Landers, nor Hov for that matter, but I just "know what I know."
My first part of advice stems from the very nature of this site's existence - Blogging. I had meant to post a comment to the co-con's post "...you saved me" but then too much time had elapsed and I figured I would make the comment its own entry.
My co-con graciously gave me some credit for re-energizing him to get back in the postage game, which, if I have not said explicitly, could be stated in the opposite direction. I bring that up because a few of my friends, including one of my best who at one point clowned this blog as "silly" (just depends on what day you read it I think), said something to the effect "maybe I'll get a blog." I say "of course, why not?" At the least it could be a personal brain release regardless of whether you have loyal readers or not - blogging forces me to think about something regardless of how unimportant that thing is. But, I do think it would be much easier to sustain if you share the space with someone else. The primary thing that keeps me coming back is to see if the co-con has posted something new and then I become motivated when I see a run of 3 or 4 in a row. Your co-con(s) can cover for you during long posting lapses and more importantly keep you interested in your own site. Now you might not find as a perfect a fit as we have in being self-annoited generalists but there may be a friend of yours with whom you could share a theme even if that theme is not sharing anything at all (really, what wouldn't work? it's just a blog). Then again, if you are more disciplined than The Generalist and I, then you're fine, sign up and run with it.
My theme for this week, which inherently suggests that I'm publicly proclaiming that I will have a number of posts in the immediate future which has proven to be my most motivating writing tool, is "advice." I'm no Ann Landers, nor Hov for that matter, but I just "know what I know."
My first part of advice stems from the very nature of this site's existence - Blogging. I had meant to post a comment to the co-con's post "...you saved me" but then too much time had elapsed and I figured I would make the comment its own entry.
My co-con graciously gave me some credit for re-energizing him to get back in the postage game, which, if I have not said explicitly, could be stated in the opposite direction. I bring that up because a few of my friends, including one of my best who at one point clowned this blog as "silly" (just depends on what day you read it I think), said something to the effect "maybe I'll get a blog." I say "of course, why not?" At the least it could be a personal brain release regardless of whether you have loyal readers or not - blogging forces me to think about something regardless of how unimportant that thing is. But, I do think it would be much easier to sustain if you share the space with someone else. The primary thing that keeps me coming back is to see if the co-con has posted something new and then I become motivated when I see a run of 3 or 4 in a row. Your co-con(s) can cover for you during long posting lapses and more importantly keep you interested in your own site. Now you might not find as a perfect a fit as we have in being self-annoited generalists but there may be a friend of yours with whom you could share a theme even if that theme is not sharing anything at all (really, what wouldn't work? it's just a blog). Then again, if you are more disciplined than The Generalist and I, then you're fine, sign up and run with it.
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