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A Blogging Decision

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I have made a decision on an empty stomach.

I have decided to write one post each week that I actually edit at least once, preferably twice, before posting.

Yes, it’s shocking, I know, but I have a goal in mind. My goal is to have a single post that I can promote on Facebook or Twitter or whatever on Sundays or another exciting day of the week, which will be my “favorite post of the week.” The current problem is that I don’t really have favorites right now because I get confused about what I’ve written being in different genres and therefore incomparable. But, if I force myself to edit at least one post consistently, two things might happen: my writing could improve, and one of my posts could stand out as being better than the others on a weekly basis such that I could promote it without feeling entirely shamefaced and without worrying that I was embarrassing all of my friends and family as usual to a painful and extreme degree.

Really, this is a big step for me.

There’s a chance I should have come to this conclusion earlier, but…um, well, I keep trying to type an excuse, but nothing is coming to mind. Decision-making on an empty stomach might be a positive for me.

(Rules for) Living Life on the Lime (7)

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A)   Read the Desiderata

  1. Remember specifically: “Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.”

B)    When joining a sports team or going to dinner in a residential hall that looks like it is out of Harry Potter (maybe because it is actually in a 400-year-old building), smile a lot.

  1. This will help you make friends even more than beating them in a race will.

C)    Take fruit whenever it is offered.

  1. If you don’t want the fruit you have, however, take it to a bar with you and offer it to drunken people or hungry people.
  2. Or make banana bread.

This Living-Life-on-the-Lime message is brought to you by The Parrot on My Head, in cahoots with The Purple Monster.