My one day off this week and what am I doing? Posting.
I wonder if it's wise to take up a hobby that I know will demand a lot of time and commitment. I have so many other things to do today - grocery shopping would be wise as I'm out of food and toilet paper. I also have to prepare lunch for work tomorrow, spend time with my grandmother, spend time with my parents/siblings/cats/dog etc. But instead I'm here, in front of the computer typing away at approximately 40 wpm (I used to be faster, I was in the last high school typing class ever held way back in the late 1980s).
So, here I am using this medium for my message. Not that I know what that message is just yet as indicated in the Random Musings of my Blog title. Perhaps I should lay out my own ground rules...
- Do not let this become another embittered I hate work/I hate life type of journal.
- Use the space to reflect on daily occurences and observances (or weekly because I don't know if I can commit just yet).
- Focus on a topic and see where it takes you in order to fulfil your chosen title and blog address.
- Allow yourself to voice an opinion - no, refocus that and allow yourself to voice your opinion, allow yourself to be right, allow yourself to be wrong.
- Write to empower yourself without ever harming others.
- Be energetic.
- Admit that the thoughts may often be silly but go with them anyway.
- Admit mistakes and occasionally admit that you know of what you speak.
- Be universally global and universally specific at the same time.
- Enjoy the process of writing to enjoy the posted outcome.
For now I'm going to keep this project quiet, not advertise to anyone I know and relish the anonymity of it all. Being able to speak without those who know you judging, critiquing or commenting offers me more confidence than letting them see me fail ( I hate recieving 'I told you so's' even though I admit it is often enjoyable to give them to others). The process may embolden me to change my mind, but for now secrecy is my security blanket.
Somebody recently told me there is a belief that every 12 years we change - our bodies are made up of new cells, new particles, new atoms. Every 12 years we are someone new, our continuity maintained only by the knowledge of the person we once were. In other words, every 12 years we experience rebirth - a lifelong reincarnation offering us the chance to evolve into something better. Thus, in the beginning of my third reincarnation I am challenging myself to write and evolve through words. Hopefully this beginning will bring on many others.
