The Perils of a Personal Blog

I’ve been abstaining from Twitter this week and documenting my reactions to not having an instantaneous outlet. Long story short, I’ve realized how passive-aggressive or narcissistic I must seem with nearly every post. Jerkwad on the highway honked at me; got stood up for lunch; gained 0.4 pounds this week.

But isn’t that my whole blog, too? Look at me! This is my life! This is my son, my yard, my house, my family. This is what I do, who I am, how I spend my time.

Whenever I sit down to write a blog post lately, my husband asks whether it’s about my braces, my gardens, my weight, or our son. That’s pretty much what I blog about lately, because that’s what I do.

I guess I just need to remember that my blog is for future me. If I stopped blogging altogether, I’d be pissed at myself for losing that searchable record of what happened when. When was Connor potty trained? How long did I fight with these gardens before they became my own? When did I reach my goal weight? If I stop blogging, I lose the answers to these questions.

I don’t know. It still seems petty on some level.

Less Communicado

Doing a little experiment this week. Going to see how Twitter avoidance changes a) how much time I spend dicking around on my phone, and b) the frequency and content of my blog postings.

I mean, if someone mentions me, I’ll check Twitter, but I’ve moved my Twitter client of choice off of my dock area and onto the next-to-last page of apps on my phone.

Back in the day, I used to keep blog notes in a running email to myself or on scrap paper. These days, I have an open doc on Google Drive that serves the same purpose. We’ll see if collecting ideas throughout the day instead of spewing them raw from my brain changes what I say and how I say it.