Ready. Fire. Aim.

I take a different approach to the blogging hobby than others do.  While some do it for income and others do it to share their knowledge, I do it for me.  And I do it somewhat unconventionally. There are writers out there who work hard at their craft, writing draft after draft, scrutinizing every word for maximum impact, and only publishing for public consumption once they feel confident that it is the best version it can be.

Yeah, that’s not me.  

My approach to this blog is more like: Ready, FIRE, Aim.  I think it, I write it, and I publish it. In that order and without a lot of fanfare we like to call proof reading.  Not that there isn't merit to the writing process as it should be, because there definitely is.  Were this an academic paper or a piece being submitted to a publisher I would be sure to follow a writing process that included much more time, thought and corrections.  But, for me right now, the purpose of this blog is not to show you that I know how to avoid unacceptable comma splices or that I am capable of weaving words into poetic strands that leave you imagining yourself in fields of overgrown, fragrant poppies, riding your pet unicorn to the end of the nearest rainbow.  

Again, that’s not me.

The purpose of this blog is for me to feel, to write about, and to share all of those raw emotions that happen within me as I travel this journey of earthly life.  The purpose is for me to create a method for dealing with what happens to me and within me in a way that leaves no exit strategy. If it is important enough for me to feel it strongly enough for me to write it, I am going to write it honestly.  I am going to write it quickly and publish it quickly so that the process of proofing and correcting does not blemish the rawness and truth of that which I have chosen to write.  In this way I can be sure that there is evidence of what was felt before time and rational thought had a chance to go to work.

It is also a way to ensure that my life-long habit of being a ruminator is thwarted almost immediately.  I spent years of my life using my brain for the pointless process of ruminating. And it is a process that I have worked hard over the past few years to squash.  Not that there aren't times that I wish I had said more, or said less, or said something more eloquent, or said anything at all.  And there are times when I re-read a blog post and know that if I had structured a certain sentence differently, the impact could have been greater.  Or if I had chosen different words the readability would have been better.

I am okay with the imperfections that will be found here because it is intended to be an extension of my imperfect self.  I am not looking to achieve an excellent grade or to win a prize with what is written here.   I am looking to achieve honesty and to be as human as I can be, comma splices and all.  Ruminating in any form is a wasteful and pointless process and you will not catch me sitting at the keyboard wasting time in it.  

Until, of course, there is a book deal on the table.  Then I will proof read.  I promise.