Yesterday I wrote about my new writing ambition. After a few months of consistent almost daily writing, I think I am ready to start writing a little more longform. I want to make it easy for myself by sticking to a theme and a timeframe.
The timeframe is a month. This doesn't mean I need to work on something intensely for a month. But I want to try and think about something during the course of a month, and let it manifest into a piece that I post on Substack.
The theme is fatherhood. This is a pretty broad area, and purposely so. I don't want to limit myself entirely. At the same time, without drawing a few lines in the sand, I won't know where to begin or when to stop.
Yesterday I told myself that I would rest my head against the subject during the day, and see if I could get rewarded with a little nugget of an idea. I was actually given two already. One of which I got yesterday: "Culture Wars Becoming Family Wars". This one is quite hefty. I think I need some time to let this cook on the back-burner for a while.
The other, which I got this morning while driving, is a little more to the point: "Tracking Devices on Our Children". I think this second one is quite an interesting one. I see both ethics, responsibility, safety and 'devices' being a big part of this conversation. I would like to try and give this a stab this month. If I get any other ideas during the month, I'll do what I've done with my first two, and create a blank post on Substack with the idea as the title.
The second quite important part of "Tracking Devices on Our Children" is that I don't know where I stand. I see these monthly excursions as a learning process for me personally as well. The drive to become more informed and develop an opinion on a subject might be the secret ingredient for me to write consistently.
Although I'm past my 10 minute mark already I will try and just get an overview of my thoughts and processes. Note to self: "Fuck this 10 minute thing, I got this". Anyways, what I will write about tomorrow is probably my initial thoughts on the ethics of putting or giving a tracking device on your children. It seems like a great place to start since we will probably circle things like building relationship of trust with your child. We can also get to tackle the 'big question' early, being: "Should you track your children?".
Seems like we might be off to a great start.
- Trolz
The timeframe is a month. This doesn't mean I need to work on something intensely for a month. But I want to try and think about something during the course of a month, and let it manifest into a piece that I post on Substack.
The theme is fatherhood. This is a pretty broad area, and purposely so. I don't want to limit myself entirely. At the same time, without drawing a few lines in the sand, I won't know where to begin or when to stop.
Yesterday I told myself that I would rest my head against the subject during the day, and see if I could get rewarded with a little nugget of an idea. I was actually given two already. One of which I got yesterday: "Culture Wars Becoming Family Wars". This one is quite hefty. I think I need some time to let this cook on the back-burner for a while.
The other, which I got this morning while driving, is a little more to the point: "Tracking Devices on Our Children". I think this second one is quite an interesting one. I see both ethics, responsibility, safety and 'devices' being a big part of this conversation. I would like to try and give this a stab this month. If I get any other ideas during the month, I'll do what I've done with my first two, and create a blank post on Substack with the idea as the title.
The second quite important part of "Tracking Devices on Our Children" is that I don't know where I stand. I see these monthly excursions as a learning process for me personally as well. The drive to become more informed and develop an opinion on a subject might be the secret ingredient for me to write consistently.
Although I'm past my 10 minute mark already I will try and just get an overview of my thoughts and processes. Note to self: "Fuck this 10 minute thing, I got this". Anyways, what I will write about tomorrow is probably my initial thoughts on the ethics of putting or giving a tracking device on your children. It seems like a great place to start since we will probably circle things like building relationship of trust with your child. We can also get to tackle the 'big question' early, being: "Should you track your children?".
Seems like we might be off to a great start.
- Trolz