I wish I blogged more often, but contrary to appearances I am, indeed, still here. I’m thinking about this blog. Should I just comment on random things I’m up to? Sure, it’s entertaining to me that I went to the game last week, or had dinner with friends… but who else really cares? My experiences mirror that of anyone’s experiences. I spend time with family and friends, politics bothers me, I should go to the gym more, ad nauseam. These are not uncommon things about many people.
I don’t want to just write sad poetry on blue days and brag about how awesome my experience just was on good days. I don’t want to share a picture of my same silly grin over and over and over again, with different backgrounds and people as if they were props. I don’t really want a lot of people even reading my blog – so why do I even write? It’s sort of an odd human compulsion, to blog and to engage in “social” media, spending our time on that rather than actually being, you know, social.
I heard once a statement that has long since stuck with me:
Small people talk about other people; most people talk about events; great people talk about ideas.
Maybe I need to get back to that. Maybe, at 26, no one needs to hear my ideas. Maybe since they’re still under construction it would be better to keep my ideologies to myself. I have to give this some thought.
In the meantime…. off to the real world with me… and a beautiful warm summer Friday in Seattle.
While I'm generally aware of what you're up to thanks to Twitter and seeing you around town, I still like to read the occasional blog update. Sometimes it helps to get a >140-character idea off your chest/mind and know that someone is listening, so that's what a blog is for.
Damon says that the first thing that attracted him to me was the Guinness button I had on my [old] blog. You never know where a blog post (or widget) may lead!
If you don't feel like posting, don't post, but if you feel like posting, post. It's your blog and your rules. Maybe writing down an under-construction idea can help you refine it, or going back and reading what you thought six months ago can help indicate if you're on or off the right track.
I love reading and I love writing. I find that in all of the mind vomit, there are blips of brilliance. BUT it takes a lot—sort of like photography. You have to take hundreds of shots to get one amazing image.
My question to you would be: why not? It doesn't matter what anyone thinks or does or if you're going with the trends or not. If you enjoy it, do it. I enjoy reading your blog.
This is your party, cry if you want to. :0)
I agree with Marina; the occasional blog update from you is always appreciatively read. I think that is because you do it so very rarely and about things which are important to you. I don’t think it matters if they’re about events or ideas, if they’re important to you they are worth sharing.
I think that you should share your ideas no matter your age because that’s the only way they’re going to get discussed & refined. And half-built, half-baked ideas are the ones that the most interesting anyway. Everyone knows the Earth is round, but there was a hell-of-a-lot of discussion before we all agreed to it.
And the occasional picture with a goofy grin isn’t bad, either…
I agree with kmwoley, beast girl and Marina. Continue expressing your ideas; it's the best way to polish both your ideas and your writing.