Weekend Update: Organic
Apr. 18th, 2015 11:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jon_chaissonThat seems to be my buzzword as of late: organic.
As I mentioned in the previous entry, it's part of my new writing process, to be as organic as possible: write longhand, let the ideas come and write them down without pre-editing them in my head. In some ways it's a bit of a rocky road because I know I've created all sorts of inconsistencies and plotholes, but on the other hand I have a pretty decent memory when it comes to my writing, so I'll know what needs fixing once I revise on the PC.
On the social level, going organic seems to have been a brilliant move in retrospect, because I haven't felt this centered and relaxed in forever. I've pretty much trained myself to think my opinions through thoroughly before responding to something online, and nearly every time I get that 'oh, they're wrong, let me set them straight' feeling and start tweeting or commenting, I make myself realize how ridiculous I sound, and delete the comment without sending it.
Politically? Yeah, well, that's another kettle of fish. I avoid most news sites like the plague now. It's like giving up watching TV for six months; you pick it up again, and everything you thought was watchable suddenly looks pathetic. But yeah, politics...that ten year slog into politics taught me one thing--it ain't my bag. I'm just not a politically minded person. You can probably slot me in with the liberals if you had to, but if anything, I have my own thoughts about it all. I'll admit to having all kinds of contradictory politics in my head...not necessarily making me a hypocrite of sorts, more that I tend to pick and choose different facets of all sides that make sense to me. Above all, I just follow Wheaton's Law and call it done.
Now, on the health end of things...yeah, I really need to work more on that.
As I mentioned in the previous entry, it's part of my new writing process, to be as organic as possible: write longhand, let the ideas come and write them down without pre-editing them in my head. In some ways it's a bit of a rocky road because I know I've created all sorts of inconsistencies and plotholes, but on the other hand I have a pretty decent memory when it comes to my writing, so I'll know what needs fixing once I revise on the PC.
On the social level, going organic seems to have been a brilliant move in retrospect, because I haven't felt this centered and relaxed in forever. I've pretty much trained myself to think my opinions through thoroughly before responding to something online, and nearly every time I get that 'oh, they're wrong, let me set them straight' feeling and start tweeting or commenting, I make myself realize how ridiculous I sound, and delete the comment without sending it.
Politically? Yeah, well, that's another kettle of fish. I avoid most news sites like the plague now. It's like giving up watching TV for six months; you pick it up again, and everything you thought was watchable suddenly looks pathetic. But yeah, politics...that ten year slog into politics taught me one thing--it ain't my bag. I'm just not a politically minded person. You can probably slot me in with the liberals if you had to, but if anything, I have my own thoughts about it all. I'll admit to having all kinds of contradictory politics in my head...not necessarily making me a hypocrite of sorts, more that I tend to pick and choose different facets of all sides that make sense to me. Above all, I just follow Wheaton's Law and call it done.
Now, on the health end of things...yeah, I really need to work more on that.
