It’s been a while since I was excited about keeping a journal of any kind. I briefly tried, about six months ago, when Kandace was pregnant, but once again it didn’t stick. I’m frankly not often into just writing with pen and paper, and so I just can’t really get myself to stay with a typical diary. Writing online has been hard to get into, as well, for a number of reasons. But I think I’m finally getting over them.
In order to dispel my worries, I’m going to examine them one by one.
It’s temporary, and could vanish at any time.
I’ve decided to set up, via Needmore, a solid WordPress-based site for writing. We’re going to use it on some of our client sites, and we’re going to use it for some of our own. It’s a bit of an experiment, to see if this is going to be a solution we can stick with. It seems like it will be, and so far it’s been a pretty solid performer.
Because it’s running WordPress, which is arguably the most solid free blogging platform around, it’s really easy to keep backups. We do so all the time. Because of this, it’s almost more likely that I’ll keep my writings than if I were to use a notebook. It’s true. And it’s in a very standard data format, so I can always move it to another system if I decide to do so.
No one is going to read it.
Well, that’s obviously not why I’m doing this, because no one ever reads my diaries. But then, there is the corollary…
I will self-censor, because others will be reading it.
Well now, that’s the challenge there, isn’t it. Because I’m writing in public, there might be more incentive for me to write regularly. Since I’ll be doing so frequently, I can make more of an attempt to be honest about what’s on my mind. Sometimes, just writing things down lets more come out.
I will worry about the design, and never actually write.
That’s a definite concern, being a designer with a rather obsessive compulsive personality. Hence, I have tried to choose a theme for the blog that requires no visual design to just make it look good, and I’ve held back from making any changes beyond that. I will, eventually, be unable to resist, but for now I’m off to a pretty good (i.e. minimal) start.
So there you have it. No promises, but I’m feeling very positive. Onward.
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