i was going to do this, first, “as often as i felt like it,” then, “every Friday,” on the suggestion of a friend who urged me to establish a posting schedule, but i already skipped the first Friday that would have been my second blog post in this schedule. i blame working, which i am doing right now, going to work. since i work at a computer all day, typing a blog post when i get home doesn’t seem as appealing, several more hours in front of the computer? but actually that’s what i do anyways, even if im not typing.
anyways, i have many ideas for future entries still. i sort of lost the excitement that i had built after the first entry, my racing thoughts and jumble of ideas. that lapsed within a few days and missing the first (or second?) Friday in my posting schedule didn’t help. those i still plan on getting to, the ideas excited me when i made the list, why not explore them?
for this entry, i am mainly writing to denote two/three little projects that maybe i should make more of an effort to devote my time to:
• learning to type properly, with the home keys and all that. right now my hands dance around the keyboard in an uncoordinated flurry. i'm fairly fast at typing this way, but it is prone to inaccuracy and mistakes, and i would be faster (and typo-free) if i learned the proper technique. however, until such time as i actually master that…. it’s much slower for me. can i endure the step backwards!?
• learning Spanish/Japanese. these are two completely different languages, yes. i have a foundation in Spanish but i'm not close to conversational in it, it seems like the more practical language to focus my learning efforts on, especially living in southern California. i think i would pick Spanish up again very quickly, provided i find some good resources. Japanese i just want to learn for fun, i taught myself the hiragana at the beginning of 2019 but stopped there, work, life, etc.
as a final little note, i am aware of my tendency to abuse “scare quotes,” and struggle to not use them. in an exchange with a friend yesterday, i used scare quotes around the word “musician,” and their response was along the lines of how they would never want someone to use scare quotes to describe a way in which they wanted to view themselves. my revelation to that is that i abuse scare quotes because im afraid of sincerity. how painful is it really though to present thoughts or words or phrases without a degree of detachment? in other words – why try to distance myself from my thoughts with abundant scare quotes? something to consider moving forwards
