Prose writing
I have decided, which isn't to say started, to write some of the situations of my life into short stories. I miss reflecting and writing like I never used to do. I never wrote a diary, or a journal documenting my life, or my thoughts, or aspirations. I have blogged events of my life, mostly when I have been traveling. They aren't the same. In some ways they are better. Stories describe actions and consequences, choices made and their effects, and in a very big way they define people. I have found my self explaining myself through stories. I want to capture more of them in a central place. These are more for my own use but I'm happy to share them with others. Some may be very personal, while other may seem insignificant and lame. I'm not going to worry about those distinctions. My goal here is two fold. One goal is to document and keep track of who I am and how I see myself by the selection of stories. The other goal is to help communicate better. I do a decent job of speaking, and have found that in general my verbal communication are good. I have had the ability to speak to more than 10K people at a conference and am not fearful or thrown off in large groups. I have enough confidence in myself to talk, express and interact in person. However I have a lot more work do in trying to get that level with my writing. So, there we go, and new mission. This may be a multi-year mission; in fact it will take years, like the rest of the ones I have to live, to work on this.