Just Another Day*

I'm figuring if I leave this posting window open and fill it with random thoughts as they strike me it will provide an interesting perspective on my day.   

Just so you know, I have a daily list of things to do, and this month that list includes blogging.  The days I haven't blogged were days I neglected to make a list.  Oh well, water under the bridge.

It's not that I actually get around to all the items on the list each day (laundry appears almost everyday in one form or another), but they create an order and structure that make it more likely that I will focus on something -- whether it's a should or want "to do".  As I've mentioned before, I also have knitting lists.  I treat these even more loosely than my daily "to do" agenda, but they do help.  My favorite of these is my Ravelry queue which creates in me the same sense of anticipation that building my Christmas/Hannukah/Birthday lists did when I was a child.  That queue, complete with pictures, is as good as a Sears Wish Book for providing an all enveloping sense of the possibilities of the future -- before I've ever cast on, I can gaze at what I hope will be mine, in multiple versions.

Maybe I should make a list of things I should blog about this month -- there's a running commentary in my head about knitting, reading, writing, social activism, political philosophy, ethics, the meaning of life etc. that would certainly be interesting to write, even if they are not the topics of mainstream knitblogging.  My only constraint is that I must respect the privacy of my family, and therefore I have promised them that this blog will not turn into "The Truman Show."  To this end I will not discuss our perpetual renovations or anything personal that might be of prurient interest.  Too bad really, it's so much easier to write about salacious and trivial activities than topics of deeper import.

Maybe what I need is a list of this week's blog posts to keep me focused?  I can manage that, right?

Okay, here's what's coming up:

• Tuesday -- What am I reading and why?
• Wednesday -- WIP Update (I think this is traditional in Knitblog land, but I'm not sure if it's supposed to be on Wednesday)
• Thursday -- "WIPs Exposed" -- I have projects I have never discussed in my blog life and on Thursday I will confess all.  This is as close as it gets to a gossip column around here.
• Friday -- What did I write this week?
• Saturday -- The Philosophy of Love -- Hey, it's my blog.   I might throw in a shot of Saturday sky for Sandy, just because.
• Sunday -- "My So-Called Political Life" -- real politics, a real candidate and did I really ask my friends to make a contribution?

I will not remember this list tomorrow and will be influencing my own blog statistics by consulting it as I prepare tomorrows ramblings.

"This post contains forward looking statements that should not be construed as an implied contract or promise of future performance.  All upcoming posting is dependent on the idiosyncratic desires of the blogger who retains all right to do something completely different if the urge strikes her.

Comments

[Chris]

LOL! Dang, too bad - some of those days sounded juicy. If only I could remember to take a notebook with me on my walks - it would so help my blogging.

[Marina]

It would make me feel better if you remembered to do the WIP update and WIP exposed! After not knitting for a week, I've become swatch (any size circumference, as long as it's no more than one repeat) happy. Now to look for more yarn and a pattern ...