Ever have days when you just can't seem to get anything done?
That's me right now. The sad part is that I'm sitting at the church trying hard to actually get something accomplished and it just is not happening. This could be a result of being at the church for 4-5 hours each evening for the last three nights. The weekend is definitely looking good right now...
On another note, I keep getting little bits of motivation to do stuff. Stuff like taking time to blog my thoughts and recollections about the journey I've been on in youth ministry for the last two years, or perhaps about to document my future efforts to do more with music, whatever that actually means. That's the answer I've been giving when people ask why I'm moving on from the church, so I guess I should think through the full implications of what it is I've sort of decided to do.
On a completely different note, am I the only one who gets self conscious about how often I use the word "I" when I write? I'm pretty sure that if I want to grow as a writer, sooner or later that will need to change.
One last foray into completely unrelated territory before I finally decide to end this rambling mess of a blog: behold my latest project
All I did was build a new cab (wooden box), cover it with blue vinyl, and swap over all the parts from the black cab at the bottom. It turned out pretty good for a few hours of work and about $50 worth of supplies. I now have a one-off, custom colored Fender amp. Yay! In the grand scheme of things, this project was probably a monumental waste of time.
I promise that my next blog entry will actually contain content that is of some substance; let me tell you, thoughts may be provoked!
Comments (3)
You're not the only one. I totally get self conscious about all the personal pronouns in my blogs, also.
Sweet, good to know I'm not the only one. I guess a question leading from this is whether it is better to avoid the personal pronouns? Or, perhaps, do we notice the "I"s in other's writing as much as we do in our own?
Me too. I am continually conscious of personal pronouns in my own writing, although I don't really notice it when I read what other people write. Truly, I look at my blog every time I write something and just see big bold "I"s standing out everywhere. I I I I I. I'm pretty sure I learned somewhere along the way that you should avoid using "I" when writing. Maybe it goes along with writing things like "I think" or "I mean"... it makes readers second-guess the author's certainty/credibility. Something like that.