No Comment

And there I was, thinking I'd not had a comment on my blog for ages and ages only to discover I'd forgotten to change my email address for comment notification! Oh well.

So this is a short post by way of apology to David, who was the last person to make a comment on the blog, but whose comment I didn't notice until today.

I don't write in order to get comments. Good thing really because comments are rare in these parts of the blogosphere. I write to stretch my mind, clarify my thoughts and hold myself accountable. That people read what I write and occasionally find it interesting, funny or helpful is nice, even encouraging.

I have now changed the email address so comment away and I will know about it!!

Just blogging

You may have noticed that I've had a quiet start to the year when it comes to blogging. Last year, at about this time, I began to think about what it might be like to seek to post something everyday or at least the equivalent of everyday. 

It was quite a challenge, but it make me think about what bits of my life and thinking I wanted to share with the wider world. The truth is, you have to be careful. You have to edit your thoughts, you have to think about what you are saying and why. There's much I could have written but chose not to make public in this way. After all people do actually read it, as you know!

Over lunch one day towards the end of last year, I overheard someone talking about their blog. It seemed that they were saying that they "say what they see" when they blog. To me that sounds like an excuse to use a blog to vent every thought and feeling you have. Not wise.

Whether I will actively pursue blogging every day I don't know. I rather like having a diverse blog that isn't too narrowly focused on theology, or church, or woodworking for that matter. There's a place for all of these of course, but I see my blog as something of a journal of my life, which is hopefully far from narrow. 

Mind you, if I'm going to get to one-a-day, I'm going to have get moving soon, given that this is only my sixth post of the year and it's already the 13th January. 

Stand by for some busy days!

Myers-Briggs for Blogs

One of my regular blog feeds pointed me to a site called Typealyzer. It provides a Myers-Briggs style analysis of your blog.

Here's what it said about me:

ISTP - The Mechanics

The independent and problem-solving type. They are especially attuned to the demands of the moment are masters of responding to challenges that arise spontaneously. They generally prefer to think things out for themselves and often avoid inter-personal conflicts.

The Mechanics enjoy working together with other independent and highly skilled people and often like seek fun and action both in their work and personal life. They enjoy adventure and risk such as in driving race cars or working as policemen and firefighters.

And apparently this is a picture of what bits of my brain are engaged when I write.

Hmmm. Very interesting.

You can check your type by visiting Typealyzer.

Thanks to Ian's Messy Desk for sharing this site.