With only so much time in a week, some things tend to slip away into the I’ll-do-that-tomorrow place where nothing actually gets done. Take journal writing for instance. I love to document my own life and feelings. Writing can be very therapeutic. Same for making short movies or taking photos. I also love to keep family and friends informed about our lives, especially the interesting and colorful.
But, another thing that is therapeutic is actually paying the bills, which requires 40 (or more!) hours a week.
In other words, certain lower priority items tend to fall off.
Enter blogging.
I consider blogging a way to keep in touch with others as well as to keep my own personal story in a format that I can refer to and save.
My mom keeps a blog:
as do several of my friends like Stephanie (stephmodo.com):
and of course, my sweet wife likes to add to Pixelshot once in a while. (she’s also working on her own project which we’ll announce once it’s ready).
All of this is information that we can use to know each other a little better.
Tonight, some friends and I gathered together to talk about how the web is changing the way we see each other since the stories of our fellow human beings are more accessible than ever before. Here are a few of the pages we discussed:
mormon.org - LDS members talk about their spiritual journey
6billionothers.org – a fascinating collection of interviews based around feelings
onBeing – “Sam” – regular people in the DC area, like Sam New, talk about their lives
While technology can scare us a little, and cause information overload, it is also a great way to share our lives with each other across state lines and national borders.
