Writing, erasing, writing, scratching, writing...
So there's much more I could do to update my journal here. It's not that I don't have much to write about -- on the contrary, I've got plenty that I could write about, whether on actual experiences, or on just random thoughts or musings. And several of those thoughts and experiences are things that I really do want to relate.
The problem lies in trying to relate it. One is just getting in the habit of chronicling my experiences or thoughts. The other is in forming that story, or that thought, into something understandable, then something entertaining -- or even, if the opportunity presents itself, something possibly a bit thought-provoking. (... I'm a bit pretentious like that.) But, while engaging in that sort of effort, I get caught up in something else -- something else that provides yet another experience or thought to write about, something else with which I sit and wonder how to relate it -- and it repeats. And I end up with this big backlog of stuff that I want to write about, wondering where I should start, wondering how to write it all, wondering if I should even note it all.
... maybe I really should change the way in which I approach this method of journaling. I shouldn't try too hard. I shouldn't go about writing with a perfectionist attitude, as I don't really give myself the time to do so -- and the results have been that, though I have posted, I haven't posted anything of real substance to show to the whole public. I mean, I like making small posts of random notes -- but I want to balance it out with something that's at least a little bit more fleshed-out.
I need to reach some kind of happy medium between wanting to post something of substance, and wanting to just post something. I guess smaller posts are key here.
The problem lies in trying to relate it. One is just getting in the habit of chronicling my experiences or thoughts. The other is in forming that story, or that thought, into something understandable, then something entertaining -- or even, if the opportunity presents itself, something possibly a bit thought-provoking. (... I'm a bit pretentious like that.) But, while engaging in that sort of effort, I get caught up in something else -- something else that provides yet another experience or thought to write about, something else with which I sit and wonder how to relate it -- and it repeats. And I end up with this big backlog of stuff that I want to write about, wondering where I should start, wondering how to write it all, wondering if I should even note it all.
... maybe I really should change the way in which I approach this method of journaling. I shouldn't try too hard. I shouldn't go about writing with a perfectionist attitude, as I don't really give myself the time to do so -- and the results have been that, though I have posted, I haven't posted anything of real substance to show to the whole public. I mean, I like making small posts of random notes -- but I want to balance it out with something that's at least a little bit more fleshed-out.
I need to reach some kind of happy medium between wanting to post something of substance, and wanting to just post something. I guess smaller posts are key here.