K-57

I feel like a kid again, frustrated. However, unlike a kid, I feel excited

The more I Blog the more I think about Blogging. (I'm not the first to say this but it's true.) Blogging helps me focus on my thoughts, even if it means navel gazing. I first noticed that term when Jhuny used it in relation to a post I made. I liked the post but I wasn't sure I liked the inadvertent suggestion of "excessive introspection". So I decided to try to become a "better" Blogger. I bought a couple of books and flew through the first one on how to publish with Blogger. That's nice, now I know there is more out there I don't know. (Actually, There is always more to learn than I think there is..to learn.)

So, I spent some time looking around a few blogs and read an interesting post from a popular blog that suggested different groups of people waiting in a line. I mean there were differing ideas, by group, staying in line. Even though all the groups were in line together, each group had differing ideas about standing in line and they didn't need to be staying in that line was one of the suggestions. I think. Hmm.. different ideas from different (groups) people.

Anyway, while I was creating another Blog post the other day, one of the grandchildren (18 months old as of this writing) was standing on a toy, reaching for a light switch. The toy was for sitting and rolling, since it had four wheels, not standing. Even standing on the toy, "J" couldn't reach the light switch. (Glad I stopped him and it's good he understood things like "No, don't do that! You might get hurt"....) Less than thirty seconds later I turn around to see him not only standing atop the car but leaning toward the switch. Faster than I could react, his hands touched the wall just inches below the switch. As soon as that happened, the toy rolled backwards and he came tumbling down, face first onto the carpet. He was fine but poor J, he so wanted to be bigger right then. He didn't want to wait to grow up.

When I read the foreword of the second book about blogging, I stopped short as I read "...I spent hours separating the good stuff from the navel-gazing." Maybe I took that out of context when I thought the foreword author was implying "navel gazing: bad, unproductive or wasting time" but this was the second time in a week I saw this term and this term was related to blogging. I was further surprised to notice the coincidence that the author of the foreword was the same person that wrote the line-waiting post described above! After watching "I (heart) Huckabees" I knew this meant something...or it didn't mean anything at all.

I do know this. In terms of blogging, I feel like a child with SO much to learn (good posting practices, comments, rss feeds, atom [ant?], etc.) and I want to know it all now. I feel the frustration of young J, trying to reach for something beyond my grasp today. However, when I turn the light on without standing on anything I know that one day I'll get there. Through trying to develop my skills and knowledge. Even if it takes 3 hour posts like this one.

I'm excited to know that I will "grow up" as long as I keep trying.

tag: navel gazing

posted by Kev @ 4/16/2005 06:59:00 PM