I have been pondering this project, which is why I haven’t written for a while. Though I have been quite prolific on my www.aspirationaladventure.com blog. I might be more of a Wordpress girl than a Substack girl?
But as I’m trying to keep Substack for my project about one’s adult children and writing I thought I need to keep them separate. The Wordpress site is very much my pontificating about life, the universe, God, people, etc.
Pontificating. Another P word to go with Procrastinating and Pondering. I can do all three of these activities well. I don’t think I am better at one than the other. If you read my Wordpress blog you will see that I am a great pontificator. If you had seen me last week I was a great ponderer and have the mindmaps to prove it. Though this week I have been a great procrastinator.
Is it just the mindmaps that make the difference between a procrastinator and a ponderer? To ponder do I have to have something written somewhere to prove I’ve been pondering? Am I pontificating if I don’t blog about it? Are all those chats in the park where us dog walkers put the world to rights not really pontificating because again there is nothing written to prove it?
So this gets me on to question of am I a writer if I don’t write? Am I working on a project if I am not gathering written evidence around myself? A question to ponder, pontificate and maybe even procrastinate about. And here’s the biggie - does it really matter?
Of course I’m a writer. I think through the end of my pen. I am working on a project and am gathering thoughts and ideas and more, although if it ever sees the light of day, that is another question entirely . Again - does it matter?
So as writers I would say - feel free to ponder but try hard not to procrastinate. Pontificate if that gives you life but again try not to procrastinate on actually doing something that stirs your heart. Work towards that project goal however you feel led but do your best to walk through the things of life to get you to that place you would like to be.
A good way of doing life as well as writing
My dog doesn’t care. He’s just enjoying the moment