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Monday, January 12th
Jan. 12th, 2015 09:44 amThe Daily Report
So, all last week, I had been outlining my creative goals for the year, and I think that realistically speaking, one of the biggest things that gets in the way of doing all the things I want to do--at least among the things I can control--is my tendency to get wrapped up in directly engaging with arguments and causes through social media, which apart from being a time suck is a good way to lose all sense of perspective about them.
The facts are that I don't have two separate lives I can live side by side, there are only so many hours in a day, and there are consequences to what I choose to spend doing with those hours. If I want to do everything I really want to do with my life professionally and still have time for the people that I love, I need to focus on those things. Whatever good I feel like I can do by making points or illustrating problems... flinging my arguments into the maelstrom of the internet in ways that inevitably feed into the most us-vs-them interpretations is not the most efficient way to do it. The time has come to speak through my work, and let my work speak for itself.
This is not something I've come to lightly, nor is it fully abrupt. I pulled back from Tumblr late last year, and last week I announced I'd be scaling back my activity on Twitter and shifting my focus there as well. I didn't follow through on that, and the scope of my failure there borders on addiction.
So this is the year I stop being a half-assed internet pundit, and focus on actually doing the things I set out to do, creating things to entertain my readers and producing as much value as I can for my paying audience. I'd like to thank everyone who helped me to arrive at this decision, who gave me the perspective to remember what is really important.
The State of the Me
Doing okay. Since we got back to town, we've been doing a lot more to get the house in shape after a year of keeping so much in a holding pattern. We now have a working dining room, complete with a dining room table. Jack has instituted the habit of cooking breakfast for all of us to eat together, which not only makes sure that I get my morning protein but also gives a much more definitive start to my day. So while I was a little slow to wake up this morning, I'm here clocked in at ten, ready to go.
Plans For Today
I'm going back to the idea of Monday being the day I get everything lined up for the rest of the week. This means going over the chapters I have for this week and shoring up the weak spots, polishing them, et cetera. I also have some patron/subscriber upkeep to see to, and I'll be picking the topic for the next podcast to be recorded later in the week. Then, of course, I'll close the day off by posting the first chapter for the week.
So, all last week, I had been outlining my creative goals for the year, and I think that realistically speaking, one of the biggest things that gets in the way of doing all the things I want to do--at least among the things I can control--is my tendency to get wrapped up in directly engaging with arguments and causes through social media, which apart from being a time suck is a good way to lose all sense of perspective about them.
The facts are that I don't have two separate lives I can live side by side, there are only so many hours in a day, and there are consequences to what I choose to spend doing with those hours. If I want to do everything I really want to do with my life professionally and still have time for the people that I love, I need to focus on those things. Whatever good I feel like I can do by making points or illustrating problems... flinging my arguments into the maelstrom of the internet in ways that inevitably feed into the most us-vs-them interpretations is not the most efficient way to do it. The time has come to speak through my work, and let my work speak for itself.
This is not something I've come to lightly, nor is it fully abrupt. I pulled back from Tumblr late last year, and last week I announced I'd be scaling back my activity on Twitter and shifting my focus there as well. I didn't follow through on that, and the scope of my failure there borders on addiction.
So this is the year I stop being a half-assed internet pundit, and focus on actually doing the things I set out to do, creating things to entertain my readers and producing as much value as I can for my paying audience. I'd like to thank everyone who helped me to arrive at this decision, who gave me the perspective to remember what is really important.
The State of the Me
Doing okay. Since we got back to town, we've been doing a lot more to get the house in shape after a year of keeping so much in a holding pattern. We now have a working dining room, complete with a dining room table. Jack has instituted the habit of cooking breakfast for all of us to eat together, which not only makes sure that I get my morning protein but also gives a much more definitive start to my day. So while I was a little slow to wake up this morning, I'm here clocked in at ten, ready to go.
Plans For Today
I'm going back to the idea of Monday being the day I get everything lined up for the rest of the week. This means going over the chapters I have for this week and shoring up the weak spots, polishing them, et cetera. I also have some patron/subscriber upkeep to see to, and I'll be picking the topic for the next podcast to be recorded later in the week. Then, of course, I'll close the day off by posting the first chapter for the week.