So far in 2014, I have made 2 blog entries. Quite a change from the two years prior, when
I was writing at least one entry a week.
Granted, things are different -- the biggest difference is that I am no
longer living in the Middle East, which means I am no longer traveling to
strange new places, meeting interesting people, or falling off of walls I
should not have been climbing in the first place. So the
uniqueness of material to write about has declined, but there are still many
interesting things going on in my life and mind. I did take time to write about two of them: Mary Poppins and Linda Ronstadt (there is
probably a graduate level psychology paper about how those two women figured in),
but the reason why is a little deeper. In the end I have determined it is Mark Zuckerberg’s
fault.
All of my entries are based on something that happened to me
and how I felt about it. In many cases,
the bizarre titles of my entries are the actual starting string of thought that
led to the blog entry. When I was in
Kuwait, I did not play on Facebook at all, but upon arriving back I started to
read it more often to keep up with family and friends. As a result of that, I starting making Facebook
entries out of those starting strings of thought, rather than letting the ideas
mull around in my mind for a few days and developing them into a short essay that
would end up posted on my blog. Facebook
ate my initial ideas before they could develop into a full-fledged examination
of situations.
To curb this in the coming year, I will Facebook a lot less
and save to savor those ideas that pop into my mind until I have time to
develop them into something more. I will
also go back to writing for a few hours every Sunday to give myself time to
capture those savored thoughts and their resolution.
Happy New Year!
