On The Fence About The Future of This Blog
Sunday, May 18, 2025 0:04
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To the Reader,
I am at a crossroads in my life. I want to dedicate the precious time I have in a day to further pursue my personal studies and develop myself more fully.
I don’t want you checking in every day or week only to find that you’ve wasted your time.
Time wasting is a sin I can no longer ignore or excuse away in my own life.
I’ve become mentally lazy over the last couple of years and haven’t read as much as I’ve wanted to. I’ve bought too many books that have gone unread. My vocabulary has taken a hit from the lack of reading.
I finally bought a Bible five years ago and I’m still on page one. It just looks pretty on the shelf. There’s also copies of the Divine Comedy and the Upanishads that I’ve been meaning to get to but my mind is always preoccupied with other nonsense.
I also don’t remember the last film I’ve watched from beginning to end in one sitting, even though I’ve collected so many 4K discs. I think it was Barry Lyndon or 1917. I can get through a Leafs game, and some football matches on rare occasions but that’s the limit of my attention span these days. I have to change that. Getting away from my phone will help, as tough as that sounds.
This blog has been a worthwhile distraction for me but it’s also a drain on my energy. When I took a break from 2016 – 2021 I missed it. I like the educational aspect of it. I hope it’s been a useful resource for you.
I’ve tried branching away from geopolitical events, wars, conspiracies, regime changes, and things of that nature. I’ve posted on subjects I’ve taken an interest in, from the Shakespeare Authorship question to the origins of modern cartography, the pioneers of the printing press, the study of Beowulf, and the fall of the Romanovs.
It’s fruitful to be extra curious about some things, especially history. Understanding the origins of wars has been a fascination of mine since I was young, specifically WWI, because that war transformed everything. But too much curiosity isn’t good.
Spontaneous research has its place in growing one’s knowledge of the world. Every time I step inside a library or bookstore I tell myself to blindly buy or borrow a book. Where the mental universe takes me that day or week depends on the book in my hand.
But I also need to start living more and stop trying to understand everything. I feel like time has me by the neck. These past five years have moved very quickly. And I’ve accomplished basically nothing. I need to get things in order, and that means changing my priorities. Posting on this blog is coming off my to-do list.
I might reconsider in the future but I won’t guarantee anything.
So whoever you are, wherever you are, thank you for visiting.
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