Here are a few random thoughts that have been in my morning notes the last week or so.
- Websites are to display a storyteller’s humanity not to provide the end product – the story.
- I no longer refer to myself as a writer.
- Instead, I’d put “Storyteller” on a business card. When you use words, images, audio and video, you’re well beyond just writing.
And how, dear reader, would you define yourself in a more positive way?
Dry Stone Walls
I build dry stone walls as a hobby and they’re a permanent and very real, solid weight. They’re much more satisfying in a way that a website will never replicate. If I were a few years younger, I might have pursued this more seriously rather than as a hobby. I’m not particularly good at it but I do enjoy it immensely.
The objective is to care, and care deeply about at least a few things in your life.
The Imperfection of the Net
Six months after my death, the majority of my work for the past 25 years will be electronic chaff.
Stoicism helps. I read “The Daily Stoic” every morning as I’m drinking my tea or coffee.
Questions, Questions, Questions
One question I’m dealing with as a creator right now – I have a massive electronic “trail” of content sitting online. Do I backdate and improve it or do I simply let it go and move forward in new ways. (Not only this site but my gardening site has hundreds of posts that need updating, repairing.)
Does the backdating and improving provide value both to my readers and to myself?
I’m leaning towards simply moving forward.
Got an opinion? Tell me below.