You can tell that I’m supposed to be writing an essay by the fact that I’m writing in my blog. As I never got round to writing one of last year’s many essays, I’ve decided to essentially ‘retake’ it, and do another in the holidays. Naturdally, this decision was made with the best intentions. However, the less than scintillating question (“How did the Punic Wars shape Rome’s policy of Imperialism?”) and the fact that I’ve got used to lazing about and not using my brain for anything more strenuous than reading a novel have meant that I haven’t even started. I’m kind of dreading it- I feel like not only have I forgotten everything I learnt last year, but even as I’ve been writing this, I’ve had to think how to spell words. Perhaps all my fears are coming true that once I stop writing, I lose any skills I once had?
I like a feature on livejournal, actually. I’ve seen it on Rachael’s blog before- ‘writer’s block’. It’s basically a question, given by livejournal, to provide bloggers with a prompt. It seems like something which would actually get me writing, and I’m thinking about referencing them into my entries here from now on. Although it wouldn’t be half as seamless as if I transferred to a livejournal blog, I far prefer wordpress and I’m thinking about moving this journal over to a domain name which I own (andgreyskies.com), if I can work out how to. I expect I’l have far more to write about when I’m back at university, as opposed to a holiday spent lurking on the internet and looking forward to seeing people.
However, I’ve started my ‘photo-a-day’ project, which can be found at http://42for365.deviantart.com. I’ve just about managed to keep it up so far, but I worry that my photographs are low-quality and just taken because I don’t want to give up, rather than actually helping me to improve or displaying anything interesting. Perhaps if I keep it up I’ll gradually grow to learn to actually take my camera out with me, rather than having to rely on my phone.
I sometimes wonder if there’s any point me having this any more if I never write in it.
