I committed to making this a daily thing two days ago. I suppose working about 12 hours yesterday kept me from keeping this commitment. Still, it is disappointing not to follow through on something that I was hoping to do, and only realizing my mistake about 5 minutes before I fell asleep. It is some consolation to know that despite knowing the err of my ways so close to sleeping, I fell a sleep anyways. Usually, it would have bothered me so much that I would have gotten out of bed and done it.
I thought I'd love eating out as much as I have lately, on the account of my limboed ways. ( I know "limboed" isn't a word, but I feel it is appropriate adjective at this time). It is hard living out of a suitcase and a van packed with miscellaneous belongings. I'd love to have a place to land more permanently, but like everything else, things take time.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
How Do You Write About Change?
It takes a while for me to get around to writing online again. I'm not sure how many times I have started and then close out the window thinking that I don't have anything meaningful to add, but I'm sure it was at least a dozen. I have found that if you never write, you never have anything to talk about.
It is true that I have changed jobs and that I do not have a permanent place to lay my head. I'm not homeless, although it is not very easy to feel at home living in a resort motel that is only two rooms and a bathroom. While it is a nice place that is clean with a great view, it doesn't have those trappings of home that make it comfortable enough. Then again, it was never designed for that purpose, so why should I feel surprised that I'm not at home here?
So what does it take to write about change? It seems that I only feel compelled to write something when there has been a big change, maybe borne out of some need to memorialize it. Maybe the reason that I do not write about smaller changes that happen, part because there are things that aren't practical to write about and part because small changes tend to be mundane. So, to answer my own question, the way to speak about change is in detail, but with interest. With sufficient detail and earnestness, even small changes become interesting.
A friend once made it a point to write on his blog every day for a month. I tried to do the same thing, and I do not remember if I succeeded. I am going to try the same and see where it takes me. It is really difficult for me to write as little as have to this point, maybe this kind of disciplined writing may make it easier. I don't know why I am hoping to make this writing thing any easier, but maybe I will become better, which is laudable in and of itself.
It is true that I have changed jobs and that I do not have a permanent place to lay my head. I'm not homeless, although it is not very easy to feel at home living in a resort motel that is only two rooms and a bathroom. While it is a nice place that is clean with a great view, it doesn't have those trappings of home that make it comfortable enough. Then again, it was never designed for that purpose, so why should I feel surprised that I'm not at home here?
So what does it take to write about change? It seems that I only feel compelled to write something when there has been a big change, maybe borne out of some need to memorialize it. Maybe the reason that I do not write about smaller changes that happen, part because there are things that aren't practical to write about and part because small changes tend to be mundane. So, to answer my own question, the way to speak about change is in detail, but with interest. With sufficient detail and earnestness, even small changes become interesting.
A friend once made it a point to write on his blog every day for a month. I tried to do the same thing, and I do not remember if I succeeded. I am going to try the same and see where it takes me. It is really difficult for me to write as little as have to this point, maybe this kind of disciplined writing may make it easier. I don't know why I am hoping to make this writing thing any easier, but maybe I will become better, which is laudable in and of itself.
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