The other day I met an employee of Google. Boy did that make my day! We talked about phones, androids, chrome browsers, and servers, and the future in general. He asked me why I was interested in the Google phone number and I sounded like a salesman with a great pitch as I listed off reasons to own one. Hope I get the invite soon.
When sharing our conversation with a coworker I was asked why I would want to blog?
A peculiar question to me, none the less I will give her an answer, but only as a blog response.
I travel because I enjoy seeing new locations and of course a brave attempt at avoiding cold winters. Though I have another journey as well, the one called life; for no matter where I travel, I find that I am always there. So to avoid the stumbles along the way I think it best to take notes, hence the blog .
Too often in life our mistakes are destined to repeat themselves. Blogging is an effort to straighten out the tangle of choices and help prevent them from reoccurring. The effort it requires to sit and consider what has been going on in my life and present an orderly and written account helps me keep a focus on what is important. Yet, even more importantly it has been helping me focus on releasing those things that are unimportant.
Katherine Hepburn was once asked how she was able to live such a successful life and she responded saying, "Elimination. I simply got rid of anyone and anything that really didn't matter one bit to me. You know, dead weight, excess baggage, that sort of thing."
At first the elimination process began with material things, and believe me, when traveling; less is more. I learned that the more I got rid of things the more free and released I felt. Now, my focus on elimination is on habits and wasted time.
I have some time wasters that I am currently working on. Will I feel just as free after releasing them as I did material stuff? Time will tell. One thing is for certain, I should have more available time to complete those things which are important to me.
Blogging about this helps me feel accountable, as I am sure someone is reading it, and if not; at least it helps me have a reference point to come back and visit and see how I have progressed. I remember the first time I was looking for an assignment, and wonder if the next experience will go better than the last one. What kind of obstacles will Mary and I overcome to get there? All these things can be kept as a record and useful notes.
That is why I blog.
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