Things I've learned

April 24, 2010

I’m lazy. Or, more to the point, I want results. Now. No learning curves for me. At least no steep curves. I’ve bought into what I call the “Great American Concept” - The Path Of Least Resistance!!

Let me explain.

I like to write. I’m not the best writer but I do enjoy it when motivated to do so. I also like to take pictures. I’m no Ansel Adams but I do enjoy it. Now I won’t be writing any books or magazine articles anytime soon or publishing coffee table books of my best photos but I would like to share these things that I enjoy with Family and Friends.To reach this end, I have dabbled in blogging from time to time. For me, this has meant registering domain names, finding and securing hosting and fumbling through really fun stuff like c-panel, PHP, word press, databases and on and on. Then configuring all this stuff. Themes, plugins, options…it’s alot of work! I just want to write and take photo’s. I’ve started and stopped a few times, always starting out with high hopes, determined to create a comfortable environment for my thoughts. I suppose I am guilty of having a short attention span because I’ve always lost interest quickly and just given up. It got to be too much work to maintain. Least resistance for me, remember?

Recently I came across tumblr which allowed me to just write, or share photo’s with ease. I could even easily share a web page or a quote or a recipe or anything I happened to come across online with a single click. I began posting and sharing and while I won’t fool myself into thinking that anyone cared, or was even reading it, I was happy, life was good and somehow it fulfilled a need. Before too long, I just had to own my domain name. No sweat, they are cheap and easy and it was simple to point it to my tumblr page. Then, I wanted to be able to give my phantom readers a way to comment on my posts. I thought it would be fun to interact with whoever wanted to leave me a comment. I felt the need to purchase hosting and attempt the configuration process with c-panel, php, plugins, databases and all the other crazy stuff. “It will be different this time” was my mantra as I dove in, yet again determined to create a comfortable environment for my thoughts. Guess what? I discovered I was lazy, I traded writing and posting for configuring. I quickly grew tired of it. As a result I have moved back in to my old tumblr space. The only difference is now I’ve added a way for people to comment on my posts. There is less resistance, I am happy, life is good and I somehow feel fulfilled.