You should really be writing
Have you ever heard something over and over to the point that you instinctively begin to tune it out? That commercial you've heard one thousand times, the reminder to take out the trash by a partner, the lame joke retold by your boss.
After a while it just becomes white noise, slipping in one ear and out of the other without any part of your consciousness registering it, or so you thought. Somewhere in that confusing mass of gray matter we call our brains, a copy of it is made and subsequently stuffed into a closest along with every other time we've heard it. It happens again and again until one day when we go to place one more recording in the closet, we crack open the door it explodes; drowning us under an avalanche of recorded memories we had thought we had forgotten. That is basically how I ended up starting this blog.
I've heard you for the thousandth time
I've always been an adequate writer. Some might say a good writer, but we don't really know each other yet and I'd hate for us to begin our relationship with you thinking I'm a braggart, so I'll just stick with 'adequate'. I like to write. Personally it's my preferred method of communication. I love the ability too see my words, mull them over, erase, rephrase and reassess until they convey precisely and only what I want them to say. However my attempts to turn my writing into something more substantial have never really gotten off the ground.
I've found in life there is always an excuse to not do something. Whether legitimate, such as the need to go to work and exchange time for money or the less so, such as the siren song of the endless browsing of reddit the various other interwebs, my attempts in the past flopped harder than Lebron James in a playoff game. However I have much higher hopes for the future of this venture.
So, I guess this is a thing now
A few months ago somebody who I greatly respect suggested that I start a blog (for maybe the dozenth time). My witty retort was that nobody in the right mind cared to read what I had to say in long form essay. His patient reply was that writing is often more for the writer than the reader. A few months and a few life changes later, that room where I stuffed his comment into burst open and here we are.
This "blog" (something about that word just doesn't roll off the tongue very well for me) is going to be where I write about the things I have on my mind. It isn't for the purpose of becoming a major business or leading to fake internet stardom, I just have some stuff I need to get off of my chest. If by some strange happenstance you have found this and are reading it (welcome, make yourself at home but leave your shoes at the door) just understand that this really is a selfish enterprise. That doesn't mean you aren't useful however.
Since you are obviously bored at work, or bored at church, or bored at home (we're all bored somewhere after all) I'll provide you with a modicum of entertainment in exchange for you sharing your thoughts, ideas and feelings about what you've read. Hopefully in our future conversations through the exchange of ideas and comments we both can get something out of this. If not you can request a full refund for the amount of money you have invested.
So until next time,
May you always have the last word and be ever ready with a witty retort.
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