Oliver the Blogger

Hello Again…Oliver the Blogger

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Hi!

I’m back once again.  I don’t know if this is going to be a short lived blogging session.  I have failed multiple times before when I try to do a blog post.  I don’t know what it is that keeps me from blogging more often.  I guess I do but I’m more timid to admit it to myself. The thing is I get lazy when it comes to blogging.  There’s just a lot of things that go in my head when type up that blog that I lose my thoughts.  Then I second guess myself about what I just typed up.  And now I have to reread what I just typed.  And when that is all said and done I sit there thinking if I should post what I just type out and share it.

I have friends that have said that I should just ship it no matter what.  However for me I just have that really hard time sharing something that isn’t just right.  You know?  I know what I’m going through isn’t unique by a long shot but it is something that I go through every time.  So I don’t know.

And I guess, the most frustrating thing is that when I am in the mood to blog, the timing is just off.  It usually happens when I’m work.  I know, I know that I should either do it early in the morning or later in the day but the thing is that I just can’t.  From waking up early to type out my thoughts to typing them out later, it just doesn’t work.  I get distracted way to easily right now.  I don’t have that headspace to do it.  Excuses, excuses, excuses, I know.  But what’s a guy to do.  I should just suck it up and deal with it but I think that is a cop out too.  Because what it does, I believe changes the dynamic of whatever it is that I am posting.

For example, right now, things are flowing fairly well.  I’m basically just typing out what I’m thinking.  A stream of conscience is what really is being typed right now.

I can’t help but think that I used to do this more regularly.  Not blog per se but more journaling.  I used to be really good at keep a journal but like other things before I have let that slip into the way side long forgotten until I see something that makes me think; I should have been doing since way before.  But I didn’t and then I think of the what ifs, should have been, I wonder ifs; come to mind that it baffles me into a overwhelm goo that makes me lazy before I even started.  The steam that was steaming at the start just gets lost and goes down to a boil and simmer.

So I guess what I’m saying now is that I will make another attempt to make this blog a more frequent thing where I will share whatever it is that I have on my mind with you all.

So here’s to another push on the blog.

Thanks for reading.

Oliver

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Oliver the Blogger…express yourself!

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So writing this blog has been a personal experiment of sharing my thoughts, ideas, and interest with my fellow readers. As far as I have been doing so far, it has been an interesting journey thus far. I started with the optimism of writing practically everyday to the more recent point of practically not writing and posting at all. Despite the successes and some of the pitfalls that I have experience this far, I have found it personally gratifying to post and put my work out there. I had a friend tell me to it straight that; ” I just had to ship it,”. I had to put forward the work that I was working on and out out there for the world to see. And so I have at least done this with the blog that you read.

Blogging to me isn’t the easiest of things to do. I have found that I need to be in the right mindset, the right mood, and at least have about 30 minutes of me time to myself. I have also found that having a place to write that is consistent and if possible has white noise has helped. If you have followed me long enough here or on my Instagram you that one such place that I have found has worked for me is the Coffee and Tea Collective. But I have also tried to mimic this experience in other places with a great app called Coffitivity. It’s an app that plays the ambient noises of coffee places. Yes, you read that right; it plays white noise of coffee houses. Lol.

The one thing that I have enjoyed is that I have been able to express myself here. I have taken the leap to just post and share. Early in this journey I kept this blog pretty quiet and low key. Now when I push publish, it goes out to the interWebs of current and it is out there for all to see, read, critique, and response to. I don’t have fairly large readership and or possibly and audience but that is not the point. Just like my friend suggested, I should just ship it. And write, edit, and ship, it goes.

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Oliver the Blogger…the Blog So Far

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Howdy!  This post is one shy of 20 blog post since I started and declared that I’m going to restart my personal blog.  And so far, I have found that blogging has been a good thing.  I have gotten a lot of things off my chest and out there.  I have keep myself for the most part accountable to blogging.  For the most part I have blog more than what I initially said I was going to do but there have also been a few day stretches where I didn’t post an entry.

I’m still trying to get a hang of the this whole thing.  So far I have subscribers.  Thank you for subscribing.  I know a lot of the things that I have written have been personal stuff.  But I’m starting to think to post personal stuff but relate back to you.  I do write this stuff for reflection for myself but I hope if you are reading this that you have found it helpful or at least given you insight.  I do plan to continue to post as often as I can and share my experiences and adventures with you.  If you have any feedback or questions please let me know.  Leave a comment or you can e-mail me at olasis@gmail.com.

Here’s a few things so far that I have learned while I have blogged:

  1. Blogging daily is dependent on how I’m feeling.  I have to be in the mindset to blog.  I can’t just blog and put something out there.
  2. Playing ambient and or classical music helps me write.  Songs with words makes it hard for me to concentrate.
  3. People do read your blog.
  4. Being honest only helps you reflect and learn about yourself further.
  5. Sharing yourself with others will allow you to foster better relationships and friendships.
  6. Even though it is a personal experience you are writing about, it is best to bring it full circle and help others.  Leave tips and lessons.  Like this list.
  7. Be honest and share.

Grateful

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This weekend has been one of those times that make you grateful for what you have and experience in life thus far. From the simple poke, to spending times with those that you love. Cherishing these moments are just a treat and a simple one at that. But sometimes in life especially these days, these simple treats go by the wayside and being left behind. And not because we don’t care but because we take it for granted.

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Taking things for granted is in one way sometimes the worst thing for us. It is worst for us because we don’t take the time to appreciate the people and places that we love. Notice I left the word thing out of the last sentence. I did this because we have to remember that things don’t make us happy and that people and places do. And things can be replaced. I’ll leave it at that.
But this weekend has made me realized what I’m grateful for. Here they are;

I GRATEFUL FOR:
1. Having the most awesome parents that only want the nest for me.
2. Having met and made some of the best of friends that I get to share experiences with.
3. Having special places where I can enjoy my creative mood with.
4. Having friends that allow me to be myself and challenge me by supporting me in my endeavors.
5. Having an opportunity to create and collaborate with people.
6. Being able to help others realize they are capable of so more than they think.
7. Being a resource.
8. Having a “tribe” of friends that genuinely care and cheer me on to do my best and give me the opportunity to be vulnerable.
9. Having found an outlet to letting my voice be heard.
10. Realizing that I can make friends just by listening to what they have to say.

Today is the Day

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Today is the day that I decided that I will begin this blog again.  I declared to the world, well at least to my Facebook friends and audience, that I was going to embark on this journey of writing and sharing my thoughts and daily happenings with you all.  This will be a journey with no paved path, rather I will make and pave one as I go.  There is no directions per se about this blog other than I will reflect on the happenings in my life.  Consider this as an live journal where you can see what I’m thinking at a certain times and moments.

I have set myself to post at minimum 3 times a week.  I honestly did this because I didn’t want to over commit myself and not post as often.  Rather I have given myself a buffer to take a break from the day to day of posting.  I applaud all those that could write and post everyday.  You guys are simply awesome.  I just know myself at this point I just don’t have the time or more honestly I just don’t feel like it sometimes.  This is just something I will have to work through as a go.  I know I have the ability to do something on a daily basis.  I’ve done a Photo 365 a while back.  However also deep down I know that it has been 3 years since I’ve done such a task.

With that I have started my journey and embarked on this trek of discovery, documentation, and sharing with you all.  As I sit here writing this I feel like Doogie Howser, on the closing credits of the show as he types in he’s old school 1980s computer there’s a voice overlay.  Just imagine it.