To blog or not to blog...
Okay, does anyone REALLY want to know what I did today? I doubt it.
So, I won't bore you with details anymore. But here's a thought for the day...
Blogs are now a source of disdain for several people. Why? Because people read too much into things...or because people WROTE too much into things...myself included. Specifically, something said about another person in a blog could could either (1) be misinterpreted or (2) be a flawed attempt at handling a situation correctly. Or, some of us only blogged when we were down...and that just brought others down.
For this reason (to make our blogs 'safer', for lack of a better term), our blogs have become pretty mundane reports of "guess what I did today."
So, I won't blog unless it's important or something worth sharing. That's it. If I feel like offering a mundane report, maybe I will. But I'm not ready to throw in the towel. Blogging gives me a chance to focus my thoughts and recount the ups and downs of my days. I think that can be a healthy exercise as long as a blog does not become a place where I bring others down, whether inadvertantly or on purpose.
I'll still keep this blog for lighthearted stuff. For deeper thoughts, check out my other blog: "Mind-isms," if you're ready for it.
Okay, maybe I should've put all this in the form of some legal mumbo/jumbo in fine print at the bottom of my blog page.
KEY PHRASES: "Joel has left the building." "I wouldn't diss you so much if you weren't my friend."
**Check out my other blog, "Mind-isms," for some thoughts about Doom3**
So, I won't bore you with details anymore. But here's a thought for the day...
Blogs are now a source of disdain for several people. Why? Because people read too much into things...or because people WROTE too much into things...myself included. Specifically, something said about another person in a blog could could either (1) be misinterpreted or (2) be a flawed attempt at handling a situation correctly. Or, some of us only blogged when we were down...and that just brought others down.
For this reason (to make our blogs 'safer', for lack of a better term), our blogs have become pretty mundane reports of "guess what I did today."
So, I won't blog unless it's important or something worth sharing. That's it. If I feel like offering a mundane report, maybe I will. But I'm not ready to throw in the towel. Blogging gives me a chance to focus my thoughts and recount the ups and downs of my days. I think that can be a healthy exercise as long as a blog does not become a place where I bring others down, whether inadvertantly or on purpose.
I'll still keep this blog for lighthearted stuff. For deeper thoughts, check out my other blog: "Mind-isms," if you're ready for it.
Okay, maybe I should've put all this in the form of some legal mumbo/jumbo in fine print at the bottom of my blog page.
KEY PHRASES: "Joel has left the building." "I wouldn't diss you so much if you weren't my friend."
**Check out my other blog, "Mind-isms," for some thoughts about Doom3**
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