I'm not that great at this yet. I read blogs almost every day. And most people captivate me. How is it that the world is full of so many great stories? It blows my mind. I don't write like that yet.
I've had it easy before. I started my first blog in order to document my DTS experience, which had a different discussion topic every week, complete with guest speaker. So not only did I have a ton of reflections and ideas and messy mumbo jumbo running around in my head, I had experiences throughout the streets of West End Winnipeg and the huts of Eastern Uganda. Not difficult to write about.
It continued on through a transfer of universities, exploring Madison, and a Wildlife Management school in Tanzania and Kenya. Again, exciting times.
But now I have to become better. I get easily disheartened by this blog. I know I'm not bad, per se, but I need to grow. So forgive me as I write with randomness. Because the only solution I can come up with is to keep writing. And letting it be a bit of struggle. I need to avoid having a journal blog. I'm not going to tell you what I ate for lunch today.
So I will pursue meaning. And few words. Well, minimal words.
Some posts will be touristy. I live in Japan, and refuse to avoid that. But I hope also to make something more than a travel memoir.
Bear with me. :)
whep, that's all we can ask for.
ReplyDelete:) blogs are an art. you'll get "there" (wherever that is--stop being hard on yourself)...I mean, Bob Ross didn't start OUT making perfect happy trees.
or maybe he did. I mean, it IS Bob Ross. (well, was. RIP)
Actually, I think what you had for lunch would be a very entertaining topic considering you live in Japan. I had some pizza today. Not interesting. You prob had something Japanese and wonderful.
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