Writing for now
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I practice content consumption accidentally and far too often.1
Every once and a while I will sense a “pattern” in the content I take in. When I’m lucky, what I’m sensing is actually a lesson that I might be able to apply in my life. Thankfully, I’m a pretty lucky guy.
Unfortunately, my memory is… awesome2 and what comes for me next is forgetfulness. I believe writing (and more importantly, editing) may help me focus my learning. For now, I’m rationalizing this weblog for reasons I may likely debunk in a later post.
Firstly, the perception of potential audience incentivizes me to edit and focus my thoughts in a way a diary wouldn’t.
Secondly, I want to believe this will support me to transform an accidental practice of consuming with screens to an intentional practice of creating with them.
And finally, I’d prefer to be more concise in my speech and more generous with my curiosity and listening with others. I want this to exercise the pontificating I sometimes do out of my system so I may be more present with others.
To me “content” is information that can be consumed with a blunted focus. Books, for example, aren’t content to me because I cannot read a book accidentally. ↩
I read somewhere that a humble confidence in one’s memory can improve its function. Perhaps in the book “Moonwalking with Einstein?” Please don’t quote me because I don’t remember. It’s been almost a decade since I lost that book at a train station and I hadn’t quite caught on to the memory palace technique by then. ↩