A blog is a snapshot
The more I think about what to write, the more I realize that wasn't the intended goal of this blog.
I write when I want to, and when something comes up organically, I don't want to write just to write.
Now, I realize, that perhaps that sentiment comes out because of the way that bearblog works.
No, I'm not focused on analytics, or the toasts or whatever, but, I know I have readers. I get a lot of personal engagement through emails, through commentary. That was one of my intended goals of this blog, to find like minded people to talk to, the other? To write down my true thoughts. Something that I have noticed though, is that, however small that audience may be, it drives me to act in ways I do not want to act.
That is to say, perhaps a blog should be an extension of something else, much greater.
A personal section of the internet, to a much larger overall.
Whatever that may mean? Not sure, my life recently has been so busy that I don't even have time to put my thoughts together and form a coherent thought.
Instead, I am left sort of staring off while everything and nothing at once goes through my mind at a rapid pace.
I decided to sit myself down and stay when I got a lot of unwanted remarks and attention. The intended affect didn't work on me, but the question never left my mind.
What is it that I want to do here exactly? What part of my thoughts can I show on this portion of my internet space?
UPDATE: Imperfect responded to this post with his perspective. It's a really interesting and inspirational post. See here