The habit of sitting down and writing every day is a good habit to be in. It’s also a good habit to read every day. Both are positive things, and I think in a large degree can be positive no matter how you go about them. If you just read Sports Illustrated and just write on your friends facebook wall, that is better then nothing at all. However, if you really want to be intentional about those skills keeping you sharp, educated and continually thinking, it’s good to refine them every once in a while.

This blog is, has been, and will continue to be a useful tool for me to express my thoughts through writing. Based on the feedback of those reading, I’ve continued to try and write one post a day, hopefully interesting and engage. My intention is to continue to do that. At the same time, I’ve found my best writing and thoughts, which is what I try and present you with, don’t often come at that small window of time that I sit down at my computer, while the kiddo is napping, and attempt to have a deep thought. That being said, lately, writing things I felt were post worthy has become more difficult. Thus, the need for the title, What you Are About to Read is a Recording.

Here’s how I plan to refine my writing. I’m going to continue to write, a lot. But, there are certain, non-bloggable avenues I want to pursue with my writing, trying my hand at a children’s book, some spoken word experimenting, trying to get into a magazine or two. I also really want to comb through the hundreds of random text files and notebooks and other pages of writing I’ve written in years past, a time consuming, but hopefully thought provoking task for myself. All that to say, my goal for this blog is as follows. I’ll try to continue to make routine posts, and hopefully still thought provoking and engaging, but I’m going to try and pull away from current events, linking to other blogs, etc.

As to reading, this is the other area that needs refining. I love reading others thoughts, blogs are a great way to do that, and I love keeping up with the blogs of others who happen to read my blog, but I need a break. I’m still on track with reading a book a week, which has been a great habit for me, but it’s also caused me to feel sort of overwhelmed due to a backlog of unread blog posts in my rss reader. What I’d love to do instead is have more direct communication, friends and others reading what I write who email me links to blog posts they’ve written or read that they think I’ll enjoy. Rather then personally combing through 100+ blog posts every Monday as I’ve been in the habit of doing, I’d love to just get a handful of emails from friends who think I’d be greatly encouraged by this blog post or that. Maybe that’s what Thursdays will be, rather then linking it will be a day to call for worthwhile online reading material. (that’s what I get for thinking out loud).

Oh, and I think I’m going to be writing short pieces. I want to work on my writing, and writing short will force me to be more creative and engaging with my language, and hopefully make it easier for me to edit and improve. That’s what’s up with me.