The desire to remember…and share
My time on the bus to and from work seems to be some of my more thought provoking and intellectual times of the day. I seem to think about life, poverty, justice, God, friends, news, and general social actions all in this short amount of time. But then I get off and I hustle up the stairs from the bus tunnel and it seems I lose my ability to have concise clear thoughts for a stretch of time. Its rather frustrating really. Maybe its the busyness of the day and the distractions of how I want to be perceived or whats on ESPN. This has been a theme that last couple years; my time in my car, or transportation in general I seem more capable of engaging with my conscious. The frustration is that I seem to forget these things rather quickly and it almost seems like with no follow-up on these ideas in my times of commute, that I’m missing out on something. So…I have a plan. I now carry a small notebook everywhere I go, and am now going to write down these thoughts, and process them here in this space. I can’t promise it will be good. Part of this experiment is to even see if I can express myself written form in a clear and concise matter. I have a feeling it could just be me babbling.
I’m curious…
How do you express your inner thoughts? Do you journal? Do you have a metaphorical organization system in your brain where you can open the “work” file cabinet or the “relationship” drawer? How do you process your thoughts?
-Cody
welcome to blogland!!
i keep a personal journal and a blog…then lots of conversation with friends and community happens about what runs through my head. nice idea with the notebook…you may be surprised to ‘remember’ what you were thinking earlier in the day. i keep one of those in my purse and should probably keep one by my bed too…those thoughts do come at the strangest times!
thank goodness your facebook status told me that you have a blog. because i have a blog and now we can communicate in even more informal and electronic ways. welcome!!
I journal and when I have thoughts blazing through my mind rapid-fire, I journal on a computer. There’s something organic about using pen and paper, but when my thoughts are running a mile a minute, using tech is freeing.
I also like to draw or do something crafty. Totally life-giving!
HEY
A couple weeks ago you said you would post in your blog……….
SO?!
hahaa.
no, but seriously, Cody….