There’s a trap, you see, in blogging. ‘Blogging’ these days is intimidating: every post is archived for eternity. It makes it easy to fall into a seductive fallacy; that each post must be perfect, or at least good.

That’s true, in some situations. But in most – and in my case in particular – that assumption is both incorrect and damaging. The point is not to produce perfect posts that reverberate with meaning. Instead, it’s to transcribe my mind. Immortalize my thoughts in words – and make them electronic, searchable, and open. The interest and attention of other people will be appreciated, but it’s ancillary to creating in the first place.

My posts will get better as time goes on. Simple experience, accompanied by an eye for improvement, will polish and expand my posts. Of course, that’s one of the real benefits in writing for an audience, instead of taking notes. It forces you to write to communicate. After all, that is what life is about.