I miss interjecting myself into your daily life
As one of my favorite bloggers, Mrs. Bachelor Girl, said recently, I haven't been "bloggy" lately, and I miss it. I miss reading about everybody's stuff on their blogs, and I miss talking about my own opinions and experiences on mine. That's what you do when you have a blog, after all. I've been so obsessed this last year with To Do lists and projects that I haven't "let" myself do fun stuff on computers for quite a while. Sucks, right? Well, it gets worse...
These last few months, I've gotten so riled up about the political happenings around our fair country that, instead of voicing any of my thoughts about it anywhere, I've convinced myself that I have to have all the back-story researched and all documentation gathered on any subject before I can post about it... which, of course, can never happen. Because there's so much damn material out there on the interwebs on any one subject (especially the political ones) that I'll NEVER have anything completely researched. *sigh* The problem is that I'm so obsessed with not being embarrassed by misstated facts or forgotten reference points that I've stopped letting my opinions flow at all. I've put a full-stop on my writing. Blech.
So.
Here's what I'm doing about it:
1) I'm separating politics *completely* from my regular blogging. I know I attempted to do this before, but I think this will be more successful. Tom and I have started a blog together elsewhere on the ole world wide web where we're both going to feel free to get all that political angst out there, lay it all out on the table, and, since Tom is waaaaaay more courageous about defending political points than I am, I won't be nearly as nervous about making an argument. He's awesome at details; he has one of those minds that can spout trivial pursuit answers in the middle of relevant conversation. Wow. Anyway, so we're doing that. Along with separating the place on the internet that I do that, I'm also going to separate the research I do for that from my "fun time" reading blogs and stuff. This may not make sense to a lot of non-ADD, non-OCD folks, but this will help me in a humongous way. Okay, so that. And...
2) I'm going to officially "give myself permission" to get back on the blogging bandwagon, writing on mine and reading other people's. It's something that gives me pleasure and doesn't hurt anybody. So, I *should* allow myself to do it. So, THERE! :) Expect to see more of me in the coming weeks. Hope you don't mind. I'm looking forward to it. Later, y'all! :)
These last few months, I've gotten so riled up about the political happenings around our fair country that, instead of voicing any of my thoughts about it anywhere, I've convinced myself that I have to have all the back-story researched and all documentation gathered on any subject before I can post about it... which, of course, can never happen. Because there's so much damn material out there on the interwebs on any one subject (especially the political ones) that I'll NEVER have anything completely researched. *sigh* The problem is that I'm so obsessed with not being embarrassed by misstated facts or forgotten reference points that I've stopped letting my opinions flow at all. I've put a full-stop on my writing. Blech.
So.
Here's what I'm doing about it:
1) I'm separating politics *completely* from my regular blogging. I know I attempted to do this before, but I think this will be more successful. Tom and I have started a blog together elsewhere on the ole world wide web where we're both going to feel free to get all that political angst out there, lay it all out on the table, and, since Tom is waaaaaay more courageous about defending political points than I am, I won't be nearly as nervous about making an argument. He's awesome at details; he has one of those minds that can spout trivial pursuit answers in the middle of relevant conversation. Wow. Anyway, so we're doing that. Along with separating the place on the internet that I do that, I'm also going to separate the research I do for that from my "fun time" reading blogs and stuff. This may not make sense to a lot of non-ADD, non-OCD folks, but this will help me in a humongous way. Okay, so that. And...
2) I'm going to officially "give myself permission" to get back on the blogging bandwagon, writing on mine and reading other people's. It's something that gives me pleasure and doesn't hurt anybody. So, I *should* allow myself to do it. So, THERE! :) Expect to see more of me in the coming weeks. Hope you don't mind. I'm looking forward to it. Later, y'all! :)