My blog has been my stress reliever, my “learning place”, my experiment for the last eight years. I have written a lot, and the strange thing is I don’t remember everything I’ve written. There are things in there that I don’t recognize as my own (but they have to be). Sometimes I read a post and think it was really interesting, or funny, or insightful. Other times I read and think “I’ve got to get this out of here quick, so no one else will stumble upon it”. Time for a rewrite.
What a project! But I’ve found that I like it. It’s an historical review of life “back then” for one thing. Many of the posts are timeless and can be re-purposed and put back on the blog with a new freshness. And, believe me, having something to start with makes it a lot easier to write. Rewriting is a skill of its own – a skill that I’ve improved in over the last eight years. It’s encouraging when I can easily see improvements and make them quickly.
Spring is all about fresh and new. Rewriting is too. Let me at it.
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Nice blog
Many thanks.
I have done that … looked back at over 10 years of posts. I find I remember the topic when I start reading, but sometimes it sounds like someone else wrote my words. It is almost like my style has changed.
Exactly!
It’s also frustrating when WordPress wants me to upgrade my media library because it’s full. If I try to remove photos, they naturally disappear from the blog posts too. That’s why I’m thinking of going back and removing – maybe keeping only five years backlog.
Rewriting is difficult and demanding. I dislike chucking out stuff that seemed so meaningful when I first wrote it, but the context isn’t clearly captured and it seems trite and foolish in the present.
Yep, the gift of the present is the fresh look it gives us, a more objective view.