In the last couple of weeks, as ideas have begat confidence
and confidence has begat a degree of unfortunate over-confidence, so old habits
have easily been restored.
Talking rather than doing.
If it isn’t an inferiority complex and a lot of talking about
what it would be nice to do, it’s an unwarranted sense of accomplishment
and a lot of talking about what it is good to be doing. In both cases,
the crucial elements are a lack of anything actually being done, and too much
talking.
Take, as an example, me convincing myself I
needed a new website. This humble Blogger-hosted weblog couldn’t possibly meet my
needs, couldn’t possibly contain all the ideas that were threatening to pour
from my over-active brain. I was going to make a new home for my work, and
prolific output would follow.
Except … I couldn’t work out how I wanted it to look.
Couldn’t work out what structure it should have. Couldn’t work out whether it
should be a minimalist writing exhibition or a full-blown social networking
party. I was going to learn HTML and CSS so I could have complete control over
an appearance I couldn’t decide upon.
So rather than talking and thinking and thinking and
talking, I’ve decided to do. Decided to write, based on all the lessons
I’ve been learning. Create the material I’ve haphazardly mapped out, then
work out what form it should take. There’s no use planning if you can’t decide
how to put the plan into action. I’m not convinced a blog is the ultimate
long-term outlet for my work, so why spend time and money on a new one?
For that reason, I’m sticking with Blogger for now – updating
and face-lifting my existing corner of the internet to better reflect what I
want to achieve in 2013 and beyond. It might not be the most professional
option, but it gives me a convenient means to test out some of the design ideas
I’ve considered: the purple theme, a few illustrative images, less clutter.
More importantly, it gives me the time to concentrate on
writing – on doing, and talking about things only when they’re done.
I hope you like it.
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