Hi

I usually write down passing thoughts I think are profound enough to be written down in a little notebook. It’s like a record for myself in 50 years that I thunk something… That I didn’t just pass through the time without leaving any sort of evidence that I was alive, kicking, and thinking. Doing that came about when I’d have random moments of enlightenment, as we all do, and kept forgetting them hours later, usually never to be resurfaced in my brain. Then I realized so much of my living is comprised of this and to not jot this down somewhere makes me feel like I really am just a insignificant thing on some rock that is flying through space at tens of thousands of miles an hour. I wanted to create evidence of my existence my physically affecting something, which was paper. Now, that journal will be reserved for the more grim and private thoughts. And this place will be for more benign thoughts, not that I expect anyone to be reading this… As share the things I attempt. It’s my way of forcing myself to do things, things that won’t give my brain instant dope hits and leave me rotting in bed. This second purpose for the blog started after seeing Jessica Hagy’s own site as well as her 10 ways to be interesting video. Not that I’m trying to be interesting, but more so that I want to do things. Her video gave me intense 3am motivation that’ll hopefully persist with the aid of this blog.

As this is all for my personal reasons, I’m not going to care to fact-check, grammar-check, punctuation-check, or anything-check anything. It’s just unadulterated rambling straight from the abyss of wherever these thoughts sprang from.

To give an image behind the words, you can imagine a hyperactive hunch-backed gremlin that barely passes sanity metric and that is currently in university.

4 responses to “Hi”

  1. This is a great initiative! I’ve tried journaling several times over the years and fallen out of the habit. Looking forward to your blogs!

  2. David Puerner Avatar
    David Puerner

    You know i had an interesting experience with reflective journaling for a class project a few years back where I was required to analyze my journal entries for common themes and “hot spots.” By doing it, I was able to make some bigger connections that I believe had always been there, but that I had been unable to articulate in the moment. So going back and thinking carefully about what I had written in the past ended up being quite fruitful for me. All this to say, it sounds like an interesting and potentially fruitful project for you! Cheers!

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    ellebreigne

    Your method of journaling passing thoughts is a great way to preserve insights and track personal growth. It’s inspiring to see your commitment to capturing these moments of enlightenment.

  4. I like the idea of using this for a online journal:)

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