my /now page is stressing me out
recently, i've been trying to read more bearblogs, both on the trending and most recent pages. i've come to really enjoy reading them, even if there are occasionally posts i don't agree with.
anyway, i've noticed some /now1 posts and pages in the most recent section pop up occasionally. naturally, this has made me think of whether or not my bearblog needed its own /now page.
my only problem is that i struggle with the part about the friend i hadn't seen in a year. you know what i mean.
A /now page shares what you’d tell a friend you hadn’t seen in a year.
it sounds pretty straightforward and i'm sure it is for a lot of people, but just that one line stresses me out so much. because i start thinking about what i want to tell friends i hadn't seen in a year, and i'm not sure what that may or could or should be.
i mean, i know the typical dilemma of, "oh, i don't know what to put in my /now page," and i guess i have that too, but i also then develop the dilemma of what i want to tell friends i hadn't seen in a year. like, irl.
i'll preface this by saying that i moved out of my "home" country over a decade ago and now only see some of my closest friends from high school once every few years or so, when i have the time and money to visit. so, the question of what i want to tell a friend i hadn't seen in a year applies heavily to me, i know. i probably should have a /now page.
i will admit i'm also kind of insecure about what and who i am as a person on the internet. it just feels like everyone is a doer on the world wide web. i see people who are software developers, game developers, athletes, graphic artists, photographers, product designers, and so on.
i mean, i guess "writer" is what i am, as it's something i do and also something i'm paid to do. but i really only write out of profession and not passion, at least for now. aside from the occasional, inconsistent writing i do on this blog, of course.
i don't know, i guess i just don't want my /now page to solely be about my job. i guess i game, sometimes, but i'm not very good or nerdy about it. i haven't played a lot of video games, but i enjoy playing the few that i do.
what else would i tell a friend i hadn't seen in a year?
to be honest, friends usually ask me about how my relationship is doing, and how our cats2 are doing. i guess that can be on my /now page, but i also don't want to be too perceived at such a personal level on this blog.
so maybe i don't need a /now page. maybe it's not for me, or for this blog. and that's okay with me. it really was just the thought of trying to determine what would get on the page at all that started stressing me out and had me drafting this post.
when i do figure out whether or not i want a /now page on here, i'll have it up. for now, i'll just try and do more things so that i can be a doer too.
yes, the one derek sivers pioneered.↩
i do talk about g and our cats, but only really vaguely, and i have no plans of posting pictures of them on here.↩