Admitting failure

OK, well it’s been 41 days since I said I was going to do some more posting and I have posted precisely once. Not that anyone is waiting around for me to start doing some daily writing again, but this is a wonderful example of what happens when you set VAPID goals. I don’t really have a good excuse that doesn’t sound like an excuse (but it boils down to: lack of time & mental energy). Point is, I was serious that I wanted to get back in the habit of writing, but the execution has has been lacking. I do have a bunch of stuff half-written. And maybe once a day was ambitious even if I have no scope.

Well anyway I’m not as young as I once was and it may take this train a while to get up to speed. But on the agenda:

  • Lots of stuff about being 40, an age which I have somehow arrived at. Nothing like having a midlife crises or lamenting my lost youth or whatever, mostly like in the vein of: how is this possible? I thought I was like, 25.
  • Various thoughts before and after the August 21 eclipse. I’ve been excited for it for years, and will be traveling to see it.

And, yup,

  • Reviews of Deep Space Nine episodes. Just started watching. Because I have still not gotten around to confirming if there are already capsule reviews of Star Trek episodes online.

2 comments

  1. I’m still reading! I’m happy to read whatever you feel like writing. Looking forward to DS9, and the other topics sound interesting as well. But I mean, don’t write them if you don’t feel like it. Do what you want. It’s a hobby, right? Anyway, congrats on 40. I’m 42, which is a great year to have a Douglas Adams themed birthday party. So you’ve still got something to look forward to.

    1. Hey Ethan! Glad to have you around still. Hope life is treating you well. I guess I’m feeling out what I want to do with this. It’s a goal for this decade (I mean, no hurry) to figure out whether I’m ever going to get serious about writing. I really believe anything helps, even stupid capsule reviews of Star Trek episodes. And if that’s all this ends up being, well, what else is new?

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