A reflection in a mirror shows you how you look. Writing, and then reading it years later, offers a different type of reflection. Who you were, who are now, who you could be soon. When you look back and see how you have grown, then you can clarify where you hope to go next. I journaled all the time when I was younger, and then flaked a bit on it. I started blogging years ago, but sometimes forget to carve out the time to sit and write. Then someone reminds me that I like doing this. So I make some time to write.
At the moment, I have been feeling out of control. I don’t feel in control of anything. Certainly not in control at work. Things change there constantly and I have little to no control over anything. I like what I do, love it actually, when I get to do my actual work. But the feeling of no control exhausts me. So I try to create a feeling of control. I bought a new agenda, and it really helps to track my actual work. It gives a feeling of control when I check off what I accomplished, and in moving things forward if I can’t finish something in a day.
I bought an agenda for my personal life too. That helps feel a sense of control in the stuff that needs to be done in the house. There are always obstacles, delays, and lack of manpower, but I keep making little strides which is nice. The bigger issue with the work in the house is priority. I want to do the projects, it’s fun to me, but it’s a chore to the others. They sometimes help, but they aren’t “excited” so the help is quick and I feel like I have to nag just to get a little help. I know that annoys them and it takes away from the fun I have in working on the house.
So for my feeling of control…I pledged to myself that this year I will finish any project I have started and have not yet finished. I will not start any new projects because I need to finish about 100 projects. I know that I will feel better and in control if I actually finish stuff that I’ve started, some of these projects are years in the making. Some are simple crafts, others are bigger projects. I am tired of carrying the list of projects in my head. So this is the pledge to myself. And to write more often.
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Blog Spam Comments
Posted in Musings and Epiphanies, tagged blog, blogging, comments, spam on July 17, 2012| Leave a Comment »
I love reading the spam comments for my blog. One of my favorite things to do is check how many fine folks may have read posts each day. The numbers are small and, while it would be lovely to have massive numbers every day instead of once or twice a year, I love simply having even one person reading something each day. Another favorite part of blogging, for me, are the spam comments.
While more legitimate comments would be cool, the spam ones are so entertaining. To fully appreciate my appreciation of these comments, remember that I manage a writing center. These comments could be used for tutor training-they are so poorly written! Verbs in the wrong place, misplaced modifiers galore, and random article usage. It is a hoot for someone like me to decipher possible meaning from these computer generated comments.
They try to sound so caring about my blog. And then they give advice on how to grow the traffic. The advice may make sense, but the writing is so poor that I can’t bear to read it enough times to find the clarity.
Sometimes I am tempted to write random comments on other blogs, but that is probably poor blogging etiquette. Creating additional spam comments is most likely frowned upon.
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