I've been thinking about my blog for a while - thinking I'd like to post something here, getting an idea, and then getting busy with real-life. Then when I'm out in the yard working, or shuttling the boys here or there, or on an airplane headed somewhere, I remember – I need to write that blog when I get back to my computer. And then I get back to those daily tasks that seem to keep me busy all the time. And the blog waits.
I have started a blog for my business, and it's been nice to write about work-related things. I've also joined Facebook to keep in touch with classmates, friends and family – also nice (no business for me via Facebook – I have to keep a boundary there or it will just get too crazy!). And just recently, I joined Twitter, because all the business-advising types say that's the best new way to market my consulting business. All this e-connecting takes time; I wonder just how much of a fad it is? I know that at least part of it is fad and hype; but part of it is real, too. How much of this e-connecting is real, is worthwhile, is genuine?
And that got me back to my favorite blog, one that I have neglected far too long – Catholicism, Holiness &Spirituality (what a catchy name!). The most 'real' connections I've ever had via the internet have come from this blog, and perhaps some of the most 'real' things I've ever written have been here on this blog. It takes time, and inspiration – two things I've lacked for a few months.
All this e-connecting can end up leaving us more disconnected, I think. It's great to post pictures and updates via Facebook, and to read those updates from my family and friends; but it is altogether a different thing to talk with them in person, to savor all the non-verbal cues and catch the sincerity in conversations that ramble and end up nowhere in particular. Twitter is fine for those extroverts who find the whole world interested in 140-character spurts of their lives; for us introverts it's sort of puzzling to figure out just what that tool is good for. What can I write that is meaningful in 140 characters or less?
And so this blog; hopefully you will find more meaningful posts here in the near future, substantially longer than a tweet or a Facebook status update. And hopefully, even a bit meaningful, relevant or interesting.
Nice to know all is well in your world, Steve.
:)
Posted by: Meg | June 14, 2009 at 09:15 PM
Always good to read your blog.
Posted by: Hope | June 14, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Meg, Hope - Thanks for your comments :)
Posted by: Steve Bogner | June 15, 2009 at 07:08 AM
Will the real Steve please stand UP? :)
Funny how life seems to override the internet!
I think that it's just a matter of time before I give "IT" all UP and leave all my cells a chance to tune themselves UP for "Grade ONE" and so at the end of this month, I'll be closing UP my Facebook. The last thing I want is to lock horns with any of our five girls on politic or what have you on Facebook, Twitter or any other site cause their Love is too precious for me and I can't trust sinner vic to stay out of "IT" :)
I'll evaluate my blog come September and with God's Help I should make the right decision as to whether I should close "IT" but no matter what you hang in there Steve cause someone has got to keep an internet eye on this generation! :)
I hear ya! You left US in 2005 and then came back! I thought that you had learned your lesson?
Peace
I'll
Posted by: Victor Savard | June 16, 2009 at 02:47 PM
You can connect your blog to your Facebook account so that whenever you post on the blog it'll show up as a "note" in your FB. I did this for my blog and my FB account a while ago, so not sure of the steps anymore. But I like it since some people won't go to my blog, but they'll still see my posts. (Twitter can also become your FB statuses, but it doesn't sound like you would want that.)
We certainly live in an interesting world!
Posted by: Kerri | June 16, 2009 at 02:47 PM
Good to see you back!
Posted by: Lee | July 02, 2009 at 10:11 AM