Good morning. Hope you had a great weekend…spotty weather here again which is both annoying and tiresome, especially as the days get noticeably shorter…that’s something hard to ignore as summer marches on…add to that the fact that our vacation this summer got pushed back a month due to rental availability, leaving me feeling disoriented to the season in general (although giving me something still to look forward to)…the Red Sox are going through a very rough rough patch of late which is the lemon juice in the paper cut. Overall, not a Top 10 summer weekend. It’s ok. It happens. 🤷♀️
Monday comes so fast.
The weekend gone in a blink.
Wasn’t I just here?
Yep, I was.
I was just here on Friday. And the bit I shared then about friendship (below ICYMI) seemed to strike a chord with many of you, which makes me so happy.
I love hearing from so many of you in the comments or by email or via text message after you read something that motivates you to connect. While I was out walking on Friday those exchanges got me thinking about this writing experiment in general. When I realized that The Pedestrian Pundit has been around longer than it takes to gestate a very small human, I felt that it seemed a reasonable “stop and take stock” point. And (once again) the breakneck pace of the passage of time (almost 10 months‽) is a complete mindf-ck. We’ve been under Covid constraints for this entire time…in fact the constrains were already old news when I started writing this. It’s like this whole time we’re living in a bowl of gelatin…but the bowl of gelatin is hurling through the universe how many miles per hour? It continues to be a struggle for me to process.
Anyway, in addition to hearing from you, here are three things that I’ve liked about the experiment thus far:
The formal commitment forces me to keep writing, which I love doing…and is why I do it. Putting it out there holds me accountable in a different way than, say, resolving to journal every day.
The structure forces me to get my thoughts and words in order in an attempt to make some compelling points. I like the discipline. And I wish I had more time for it. I mean I probably could make more time for it but I have to strike a balance.
Even though so much is getting forced on me (albeit by myself) it’s not in a torturous way but rather an attempt to offset to my inherent laziness and do more of what I enjoy. The commitment and the structure are really good for me, I think.
The obvious but important lesson here? If there’s something you want to do, do it. Make time for it, stop wondering “what if…?”, and do it for you.
I’m proud of every single one of the 56 subscribers who have chosen to receive this directly so far…sincerest thanks to every one of you for being here.
You all know where to find me if you have comments, suggestions, or anything else to make this a better read, and maybe get me to 57 subscribers. I’d love to hear from you, and I’d sure appreciate any feedback.
Keeping it short today, because, well, as I already mentioned, I was just here. And TBH nothing really exciting went down this weekend, so no inspo.
Have a great week. “See” you on the 17th.