Purpose

I’m feeling a little scattered as of late. I added a page of blogs that I follow and when I looked at the list, it blew me away how many subjects are covered. I remember being in high school, working for a restaurant and going to school, and thinking wistfully how nice it would be to grow up and have time for these mystical things called hobbies. What an idea! Something you do in your free time!And guess what happened, I grew up and got myself a CRAPLOAD of hobbies. So many that I can’t even consolidate them into a “theme” for a blog.

And before anyone else says it, I’m going to do it myself: I completely understand how much of a first world problem this is, I really do.

So for now, while I contemplate the absurdity in someone complaining about having too many hobbies, I’m going to focus on just posting once a day (minimum) about something I’ve read. Simple.

Side note: If anyone was wondering about my blog reading process, I’ve outlined it here:

My usual process, as a blog-reader/obsessive-weirdo, begins first thing in the morning, when I crack open a brand new browser window (right now I’m using Firefox) and open my email and my Google Reader. There’s usually around 120 or so items in it, depending on the day, and I “read” every. single. one. But when I say “read” I mean, I skim through the blurb that my reader gives me. If I actually clicked through every link and read every article, I’d never get anything else done! So then, as I’m skimming my reader, if I spot something that I want to actually read, I just open it in a new tab. This also applies to if I see a link I want to follow or whatever.

Then, when the reader is empty I close the tab. This is the most important step because guys, the internet is a magical place, information is constantly flowing. If you leave that tab open, before you know it you’ll have 40 more things you have to read, and this is just a bad habit to get into. Plus, if you read everything today, what will you read tomorrow?

So anyways, after closing, I just shift through the list of articles, closing them out as I go. Using my tabs as a to do list, if you will. Sometimes these articles get emailed, tweeted, pinned, what-have-you(ed), and sometimes I clip them to Evernote, where I have a section full of “web clippings” for future reference.