Slow start, but then again, Sundays were made for slow starts. If I tap into biblical mythology, even God took a break on Sunday. I guess, the trouble with us these days is we’ve been conned into the 24/7 mentality where we’re encouraged to cram as much “productivity” into a day as we can. Gorden Geko taught us that lunch is for wimps. And in this new world, rest is for chumps and suckers! Of course, I don’t believe that! But it is the sub-text of our lives.
Tomorrow is the start of #BlogPals2019 which is a 30-day blogging challenge I’m doing with some friends. I’ve been making my triumphant return to blogging and wanted a little motivation to help keep me in the habit of posting regularly. They say it takes 21 days to form a new habit, so 30 days should be plenty to get us into the habit of posting on our blogs daily. This is where I think documenting and self-expression and advocating for things you care about comes into play. It makes blogging easier and more fun. On top of that, each new post becomes a continuation of your personal narrative. People get to know YOU through your blog.
And that’s as it should be.
It’s time to take back the web from those who just want to feed our data into an algorithm so they can sell us more stuff or tell us what to think or do. Even tell us how to vote for!
You have to throw that yoke off, be a free-thinker.
A new hope…
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My friend Clay challenged a few of us to 30 days of old school blogging. #BlogPals19
Today is day 5. Old school seems to be making a comeback.
One of the many feeds I subscribe to is for Raptitude – a blog about getting better at being human. This week’s post was all about Old School Things to Consider Doing Again. I was not surprised to see old school long form blogging on the list.
Derek Sivers, who historically posts infrequently, recently produced a massive wave of content doing his own 30 day experiment. He felt like it made his writing worse, so I know mine will suffer over the coming weeks. I actually think some of the work he created over the past few weeks was fantastic. He had a few on travel (travel without a phone, travel without social praise) that I found really interesting in this Instagram world.
I’m about to embark on a trip I’ve been wanting to take for years. So, while I admire the concepts Derek raised, I suspect I will be sharing some of the highlights, and photos. And there is no way that I’m travelling without my phone, computer, Kindle, etc. But it’s an interesting idea. I did all of that in my teens and twenties, and those trips were great. Mostly I miss being able to toss full sized toiletries in my bag, but the tech tools are useful.
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