Madness

I don’t really post much on social media, so if I don’t see you regularly, you may not know what’s up. That might be for the better, or for the worse, not really sure yet. It’s not like I have a problem with social media or anything, I just don’t really use it as a medium of sharing. There’s the aspect of oversharing, but there is also the aspect of opportunity. Like I said before, it’s crazy to think that a perfect opportunity is just going to present itself and life will be better. Sure, these things can and do happen. But a wish placed on a shooting star only leaves you staring into empty space. And hope cast into a wishing well only deepens the pockets of the one who owns it.

But what if I own the well? Well, you don’t. If you did, it would be impossible to have these introspective thoughts. Sure, there may be an argument to be had about this, but that’s not the point. I’m not trying to be philosophical, I’m just blogging. What I mean by this is that putting yourself out there is a good start. This is me being honest with myself and reflecting on a grade 7 creative writing topic; the journey is in fact the destination.

Things happen but they don’t just happen, they just happen. I’m not saying I want to be a content creator, cool social media star, or a 5-star life coach mega-blogger, I’m saying that without taking any chances, how would anyone or more importantly, you, know.

There was a point in my life where I wanted to be a writer. I never expressed this to anyone or even said this out loud. In 2018, I came up with the title of a book, Open on Christmas. I wrote 8 pages of notes. It was the furthest thing from being fleshed out and in no way a Christmas book. The book focused on the adjective, noun and verb forms of the word ‘open’ and was about a guy who wanted to do things but didn’t. This turned out to be a metaphor.

Let’s get back on track here. Last year the theme was Interstellar, in a sense this was me saying: reach for the stars and land among the moons. This year it’s a different approach. Don’t just have beliefs and ideas about things, go do them.

Lately I’ve been caught in the LinkedIn trap. I’ll get a notification and instead of clicking it to clear the red circle, or ignoring it altogether, I’ll spend a good eight or nine minutes scrolling through the app.