Goodbye Article Site…
I’ve moved all of the posts on "Opportunities in Work Clothes" to this blog, and created a new category (Articles). I’ve decided to combine that effort with this blog#–in keeping with my goals to a) simplify my fractured life, b) improve the content on my blog, and c) reduce the number of web presences I currently control.
I also cancelled some magazine subscriptions.
See, I find that I fill my time with unnecessary tasks#–things I may not even actually enjoy#–and tell myself that the reason I am not [writing/practicing/drawing/creating] is that I have too much to do. In reality, I don’t. I don’t know why I do this (I’m sure it’s some latent fear of something or another ) but I’m hell-bent on ridding myself of the habit. I’ve kept all of the activities that I truly enjoy, and the paraphernalia related to each, but I’m making an honest effort to reduce the clutter#–all of the clutter#–that’s holding me back (from security, contentment, and success).
It’s not that I don’t do enough, but that I feel fractured#–as though I can’t focus on any one thing long enough to either enjoy it or complete it. I don’t know if it’s something everyone deals with (although I suspect it is) but it’s been driving me crazy lately. It wasn’t until one day recently when I wrote a simple "to-do" list and posted it on the computer that I realized how unfocused I really am#–and how much it bothers me. My list consisted of only four tasks, which combined might take around four or five hours to complete. A week after writing the list I still had not completed even one of the tasks. It wasn’t that I didn’t have free time; since I work as an office temp during the day (and not every day) I have a lot of empty time to fill, the issue was that I treated my time just like that: as a slot to fill. I realized that, for the most part, I don’t awake with a sense of purpose, or find myself driven to accomplish something. In fact, I just bounce from subject to subject, frittering a little here, frittering a little there#–it’s a wonder I get anything done at all.
So I’m cleaning house. Starting with the excess web-splooge that seems to drain so much of my time. I’m still reading my daily blog fixes, but I’ll probably be looking at fewer "funny sites." :) And I’ll be admin-ing a lot less too. I’ll still write articles about acting (advice for beginners to the biz), but I won’t have to create graphics for the other site, moderate blog-spam, create database backups, etc. So goodbye "Article-Site"… and good riddance.
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4 Comments so far
I think we all break up our focus and waste time. There are a lot of distractions out there and I for one constantly battle with keeping my focus.
Good for you! Congrats on the purging #– may it continue as long as needed!
By Trevor on 10.17.05 @ 3:16 pm
Thanks Trevor, and I checked out your site. I’m adding it to my list as I think it’s excellent.
Nicholas hollered back on 10.17.05 @ 3:29 pm
Glad you liked the site and for adding my site to your list. I tried the link but it didn’t seem to be working at the time. Maybe a connection problem.
In any case, I hope your play and “refocusing” are still going well.
By Trevor on 10.20.05 @ 1:31 pm
Whoops! It’s fixed now…
By nicholas on 10.20.05 @ 2:14 pm
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