On life support
I love writing, I always have. It’s one of those “labors of love” that hardly seems like labor at all. I’ve journaled and then blogged for as long as I can remember. My online writing presence has existed for over ten years now.
My online writing has been in constant evolution. It began with a passion for college sports, shifted to the uber-personal journal style writing as I got into high school, evolved into the political and religious realms when I reached college, and has been a mix of all-the-above in the last year or so.
Part of my “problem” if we want to call it that, is that my interests are so varied it feels that I often have a lake of thoughts a mile-wide but only a few inches deep. I think this makes me a very well rounded person, but I hardly feel like an expert on any given topic. That makes it hard to blog and feel like you’re adding serious fodder to the global conversation.
I struggle with that a lot. I want to have an influence on the “global conversation,” but I’m just a random American kid (trying to become a man) who occasionally writes on current events. Lets face it, this blog is 99-percent catered to those who know me… and I’m okay with that… most of the time.
Because this blog is mostly a personal introspection into my life, my values and my thoughts, is a very key reason why I no longer blog the way I used to. With the rise of social networks, the need for the personal blog or website seems pointless when I can share a link, photos, and just update friends and acquaintances on my life there. Heck, even with my quick thoughts I used to blog about I can just post to twitter or update my status on Facebook.
Add to all the newer social tools the fact that my life is busier than it has ever been leaving no time for the longer essay format of most my posts, and the blog dies a slow, neglected death.
I really miss writing. I miss designing and tweaking too. I’m not sure what the future holds for my blog, but I hope on some level I can re-commit to sparking new life.
In the meantime, you can add me as your friend on Facebook, or follow me on Twitter.