begin at the beginning

I am going to try blogging instead of emailing. This is to reduce my addiction to this computer. I am coming home from work, jumping on the computer and getting resentful of interruptions. I could stay on it all night until I am too tired to read any more. I read emails, reply to some, read The Age, ABC News, Alternative news sources, check YouTube, read blogs, reply to some, listen to public radio, check Facebook and search all sorts of things.

It's too much!

I have been reading Tim Ferriss. This guy has a book called The 4-hour Workweek. Now I wouldn't go that far, but he has interesting things to say about cutting out a lot of information. I would like to take up this challenge given that I also spend at least an hour or two a day reading hard copies of newspapers, magazines and books. Why do I feel a compulsion to do this? I'd like to find an answer.

So why a blog? This is the 3rd time I have started one. I like reading blogs as I can do it when it suits me. Email is harder to resist. So, it might be easier for others also to read at their leisure rather than feel they have to open an email because you never know what it might contain. Facebook can be just as insistent. But you can check the topic and read or not read. Simple?

So here I go with writing when I am in the mood and at times when I feel spacious.

But what to write?

I know I like to read personal stuff written by friends. I also like exploring links. William Gibson, has a character in Spook Country say, "when you look at blogs... you're most likely to find the real info... in the links. It's contextual, and not only who the blog's linked to, but who's linked to the blog."

But I won't go there. Facebook does that well enough and there are expert bloggers out there who have astonishing links. No, mine will be just me thinking about and re-arranging the world. Perception is all. You may prefer to read a book for this, but at least my comments will be brief. I hope!