I am trying to decide if this blog/website/thing should continue. I am not asking for opinions on the subject but rather talking out loud. Bouncing thoughts against myself to see how I feel about them. I can't shake the thought that this site and all of my other various interactions with the internet have become nothing but a distraction. Almost like the internet and technology is the forest that I can't see around to find my true destination. I wonder what life would be like if I let it all go and walked away from the wired world. I am forever linked to the medium for various reasons but it seems like my life wouldn't be missing anything if just turned it off.
I had hoped that rebooting this site would re-energize my excitement about the internet but that has not been the case. No, it has only been a frustrating annoyance at best and a time sink that I am increasingly finding difficult to justify. I won't mention how it affects my work productivity. Just assume that it does. The other issue, and the one I consider the elephant in the room, is that I am finding that I just don't have anything to say. I don't "bring anything new to the table" and I think I am ok with that. I have things I enjoy discussing but I have learned that I enjoy it only when others are there to debate with me. Throwing out an idea where it sits and rots seems...I don't know...self serving.
Maybe this is how it ends. With a whimper.
I had hoped that rebooting this site would re-energize my excitement about the internet but that has not been the case. No, it has only been a frustrating annoyance at best and a time sink that I am increasingly finding difficult to justify. I won't mention how it affects my work productivity. Just assume that it does. The other issue, and the one I consider the elephant in the room, is that I am finding that I just don't have anything to say. I don't "bring anything new to the table" and I think I am ok with that. I have things I enjoy discussing but I have learned that I enjoy it only when others are there to debate with me. Throwing out an idea where it sits and rots seems...I don't know...self serving.
Maybe this is how it ends. With a whimper.


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