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Hello denizens of the interweb! Welcome to my corner of bearblog (mcob)! I am writing this particular piece mostly to motivate myself to write other pieces. This may sound silly (because it is), so you can rightfully close this tab and look at one of the other hundred tabs (median guesstimate) you have open, which are likely of more use to you right now. For those of you who stay, thanks, I'm going to write a little bit about why I'm blogging (globally) and why I'm blogging (locally).
Why I'm blogging (globally)
I am writing this blog because I want to write things that are longer than tweets. I have found Twitter to be a wonderful and interactive and [many other positive adjectives] place, but I have also found it not ideal in general, as well as not ideal, in particular, for sharing my thoughts. I've gotten (and continue to get) too caught up (mostly past tense) in the likes, replies, and follows. There are many good things about these metrics, namely that I am interacting with people that I like regarding topics that I like. This has been awesome and I have learned and grown so much as a result.1 The only problem is that I've also Goodharted on these metrics from time to time. As a result, I have lost value that I would have had doing other things. In other words, I got obsessed with Twitter and neglected other things in my life as a result. What's great about this is that I can learn from it! And that I still have time to implement different ways of acting,2 such that I can be happier with how I've allocated my time and gotten value!
I've said all this because I want to explain why I'm blogging (globally).
So, now that I've gone through the vortex of Twitter obsession, I've learned that I want to spend my time in different ways. I've realized, through writing my thoughts down constantly in the form of tweets, that I like writing! And that I like to think thoroughly and present myself in a way that is more than just a sentence or even a few. Now, I am here, writing this blog! How nice that there are alternate and similar ways to express myself!
One thing that I haven't mentioned yet is who I'm blogging for. The answer is: me! I do it because it brings me joy to think thoroughly and express myself. But I'd be remiss to not mention that I also do enjoy having people read my writing and engage with it thoughtfully (for the most part). So, I just lied! Kinda! I'm writing this blog for me, but I'm also doing it so that I can share my thoughts with you all, my dear readers! How excited I am to hear all the things you are going to say about the things I am going to say :)
Why I'm blogging (locally)
TL;DR: Just Poast.
What do I mean by blogging "locally?" With this poast, I aim to answer the question, "Why are you writing this blog poast in particular? Weren't you supposed to write something about paraxanthine, like two weeks ago, like you promised yourself and your readers?" The answer to the latter question is yes. The answer to the former question is: I am writing this poast in particular to get over the zero-to-one hump of blogging. I think I keep avoiding blogging since I want to get it right and have people like it, but this attitude has resulted in doing nothing! AHHHH!!!! This is not good!3
So, I've decided the following: "Fuck it, I'm just going to write a throwaway intro blog poast about why I'm blogging so that I can get over the worry that my poasts will be bad. Now, I have set a low bar and there is less reason that I can't just write up future poasts!" I don't think that this truly reflects my thinking, but it gives a good sense of the urgency I feel on this Sunday4 as I write this piece in one shot, without really worrying about editing or polishing.5 Sure, it's sloppy, but at least I did it!
Til next time
So, what now? Now, is where we part ways. I have now went there and back, and it wasn't so bad, was it? Well, there are still many places to explore and many monsters to befriend, but at least I've stepped out of my house and started on my blogging journey. Where it will lead me, I do not know, nor do I rather care at this point. I'm just happy that I'm on my way.
Au revoir!
Perhaps it would be good for me to write the concrete, nameable things that I've gotten from Twitter, but this is for another poast.↩
Acting is downstream of how I think and intend, perhaps another poast to write.↩
Wrt what goal? Another poast...↩
Some might call this "the Sunday Scaries," but for me, I think I've grown past them, at least in their traditional (in my tradition) sense; another to-be poast!↩
I will admit that I did read back through this to clean up, but I really just barely tidied up.↩