{"id":317,"date":"2005-03-31T02:41:00","date_gmt":"2005-03-31T07:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sugargroup.net\/varrin\/why-do-i-do-this\/"},"modified":"2005-03-31T02:41:00","modified_gmt":"2005-03-31T07:41:00","slug":"why-do-i-do-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sugargroup.net\/varrin\/why-do-i-do-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do I do this?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Occasionally I wonder why I keep this journal.  My personality and interests are so varied that there are probably very few people who are interested in all of and\/or can even understand it all.  Not all of those people even read what I write here.<\/p>\n<p>A coworker of mine mentioned that he kept a journal on his computer.  He had never heard of livejournal and thought the idea of a public journal was a bit odd.  Nevertheless, he seemed interested (maybe he&#8217;ll read this some day?).  But that got me to thinking.  What is the allure in a public journal and why am I doing this anyway?  <\/p>\n<p>On one hand, I like to write &#8216;personal&#8217; entries.  On the other hand, I enjoy posting about a variety of topics that might appeal to people who might not know me or care who I am.  Even so, the variety is so wide, there are probably few people who would appreciate all of it.  I wonder, sometimes, if I should have several different topical journals.  But as soon as I start contemplating that, I realize I barely have time for this one&#8230; *sigh*  I guess I just enjoy sharing parts of me with other people (hence the public &#8216;home&#8217; of my thoughts).  <\/p>\n<p>So I suppose I&#8217;ll be content to keep on posting here about, well, whatever suits my fancy.  Unless, of course, someone has a suggestion.  And if you do have as suggestion, be it some curiosity about me, or some topic you think I might have something interesting to say about, I&#8217;d love to hear it.  I think up a thousand things to write about (and then never get around to writing about most of them), but it&#8217;d probably be more interesting if I wrote about things other people wanted to read \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>Generally, I enjoy writing about travel, aviation, religion, politics, the Free State Project, New Hampshire, and music.  But hey, I&#8217;m up for just about anything.  What are *you* interested in hearing about?<\/p>\n<p>V- (live from Taipei)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Occasionally I wonder why I keep this journal. My personality and interests are so varied that there are probably very few people who are interested in all of and\/or can even understand it all. Not all of those people even read what I write here. 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