For a long time now I have been far from consistent when it comes to writing on this site. And by “far from consistent” I mean I hardly do it at all any more.
A few days ago I finally admitted to myself why that was.
Why I don’t write as much as before
One word: embarrassment.
The last year has seen my self- and world-views shift dramatically,Β involving a crash of self-esteem followed by its fairly recent restoration.
One of the victims of this crash was the belief that my writing had any purpose. In-part, I allowed several jibes about my writing/thinking style to dissolve my self-confidence.
No longer.
I realised that I had let slip something I enjoyed doing because I was scared of how I’d be judged. Surely I don’t still suffer from this fear of rejection bullshit? It would appear I do …
I’m hoping that if I can push myself through the inertia of not writing I can somehow maintain a decent habit.
We’ll see (it’s taken me 3 days to publish even this post!)
A nice new website name – Plog
Frankly, I’ve never been happy with “Life In Balance” as a website name. It’s always been a bit too “dry” for my liking.
I also didn’t want to call it “Paul Goodchild’s blog” because that’s drier than a dry shite left in the sun.
So I’m opting for something that makes little or no sense; something short & sweet; and anything that’s not either of the 2 names already mentioned.
So now this site called ‘Plog‘ – basically Paulie’s Blog.
If you can think of anything better, drop me a comment below – I’d be delighted to hear what you think. :^)
I’m also going to attempt to inject a bit of humour, and care a little less of the readership. Yes, to care less of what you think.
I made several key realisations about my website:
- I hold back. Sometimes more, sometimes less. But I do it.
- I have things I want to talk about and relate. But I don’t say them because there’s either so much to say about them, or I’m afraid I’ll be misunderstood.
- I want to express the same humour online, as I have offline. I don’t know how I can do that here, but we’ll see.
So there you have it. My first post in 2 months.
Amazing.
That is all.
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Well done, Paul! Coming to the conclusion you should write more about the stuff YOU like is worth a lot. Since you like writing: just do it and care less about criticism. But to be honest: I enjoyed reading this post because it feels very honest and self reflecting!
The name “Plog” is simple and clean. I like it! π
Cheers, Daniel
Dude!
Thanks for commenting – it means a lot that you like what you’ve read and took the time to comment.
You’re right, it is worth a lot to realise this… Now all I gotta do is maintain the momentum. π I’m fairly sure there’s more to come…
It helps to know I have at least 1 interested reader π
Cheers dude!
Paul.
i’m SO happy u are writing again. i’ve always enjoyed your rambles π
nochie
Very happy to hear you enjoy it and to have you following along π
I laughed at the ‘dry shite in the sun’ comment….the humour works for me π
They say when you write, you should write to someone.. I think that line was for you π