Is it narcissistic to love your own blog? I don't necessarily mean love reading it, but that you love creating it. Because I kinda love the Preuscher blog. And every time I think of it these days, I get a smile on my face because it brings so many good memories of my time in Europe when I was contributing to it on a periodic, if not exactly regular, basis. There were so many different experiences that I had there that I felt compelled to share them.
But after that smile, I get a bit of a sad feeling because I haven't blogged for so long and, well, feel like I don't have anything of interest to offer. That my life is dull, particularly as I am in a new role at work that involves basically zero travel, let alone travel to interesting international destinations.
But when I think back, it's not necessarily the travel element that is interesting (or at least appeared to be of interest based on feedback from readers who followed me then), but that the experiences involved a lot of learning. And whether I am traveling or not, learning is one of my favorite things in the entire world.
So I'm going to try to pick up the blog again, but with a focus on the random bits of learning I will be pursuing. And I think just knowing that I now have a blog focused on that will help me recognize when I am having a learning moment (which isn't quite as lofty a pursuit as finding "teachable moments").
I think one of the next blogs will be about hummingbirds, as I'm watching them right now outside my window in Arizona. But first I have to experience a learning moment with the digital camera because my iPhone does a really poor job of capturing these little birds. And I don't think anyone wants to read a blog without a picture. You know -- an ugly blog like this one. ;-)
But after that smile, I get a bit of a sad feeling because I haven't blogged for so long and, well, feel like I don't have anything of interest to offer. That my life is dull, particularly as I am in a new role at work that involves basically zero travel, let alone travel to interesting international destinations.
But when I think back, it's not necessarily the travel element that is interesting (or at least appeared to be of interest based on feedback from readers who followed me then), but that the experiences involved a lot of learning. And whether I am traveling or not, learning is one of my favorite things in the entire world.
So I'm going to try to pick up the blog again, but with a focus on the random bits of learning I will be pursuing. And I think just knowing that I now have a blog focused on that will help me recognize when I am having a learning moment (which isn't quite as lofty a pursuit as finding "teachable moments").
I think one of the next blogs will be about hummingbirds, as I'm watching them right now outside my window in Arizona. But first I have to experience a learning moment with the digital camera because my iPhone does a really poor job of capturing these little birds. And I don't think anyone wants to read a blog without a picture. You know -- an ugly blog like this one. ;-)
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