Time machine
I am toying with the idea of writing again, and setting each post to publish a few weeks in the future.
I sometimes get a little too dependent on feedback — immediate gratification — and it can mess with my head. Refresh, refresh, refresh, devour comments, repeat.
I sort of need this to be a more solitary journey — me and me alone. (I might change my mind about that, but this is how I feel right now.)
The idea is that by the time you read this, I will already be waaaaay past it. I don’t know how long this phase will last, but a little psychic distance feels apropriate right now. A little perspective and mindfulness.
I have lost pounds since Thanksgiving, and it’s all okay. I am percolating a plan. I will post more soon. I promise.
December 18th, 2009 at 11:13 am
Once again…awed by your insight. Will read you no matter how old and stale it may be. Breadcrumbs, I understand, have their most flavor and versatility when truly dry. Or is that what they say abaout Sedaris, I can never remember.
December 19th, 2009 at 8:14 am
I am a reflective writer.
I suppose it is a version of count to ten and think before you speak. Only in my writing it is about thinking for ten days, and rereading, and updating, before I publish.
The reason that I wait is so that I get the most out of the big picture. By waiting, I know what seemed like a freakishly big deal at the time, how things (reality) sorted themselves and what I thought about the whole thing when I had time and distance to help my perspective.
It takes other people’s feedback right out the equation. I am not writing ‘off the cuff’ and then are not responding ‘off the cuff’.
I love comments. but the comments that one gets from reflective/big picture blogging are very different. And I think it is helpful for everyone’s education/growth.
Impulsivity is a BIG issue for most of us, in thought, and definitely in action.
December 24th, 2009 at 9:27 am
I am sort of assuming that you decided not to go ‘home’ for the holidays, but of course I do not know that for sure. Whatever you are doing, please have a very peaceful Christmas. Take care of yourself.