On habits

A-a-a-nd we are back. As any of you to have added this site to the list of webpages you keep an eye on, I am horribly bad at this “updating regularly, or even at all” thing. In fact, notorious for it (ask my LJ-friends, though they may not remember I exist). Truth is, before I start doing something regularly, I have to force it into my lifestyle; and, since I am very conservative in my outlook on life, this can be quite a difficult thing. Still, not wishing to disappoint my occasional reader(s), I will do my best to get to grips with the following novel idea: I actually should update this blog. I should probably make it a habit of mine.

Which brings me to today’s topic: habits, and associated pleasures.

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A new weblog is in many cases a sad little thing – addressing the empty auditorium bereft of listeners, hoping some kind passer-by will hear its whisper. Starting a blog requires an effort, an enforcement of will: not because forcing oneself to write is hard (people will do anything to delay doing actual work), but because there are few things more embarrassing than to say something and not be heard. Thus, blogs grow on readers; indeed, the quantity of readers is the primary assessment criteria, and most weblogs follow the rule: “The more, the merrier”. Even more embarrassing is an exclusive “family” blog, whose three readers are mother, brother and the family dog (Hey Fido, have you seen those photos of yourself?). But one must always hope for the best, and the dream of a blogger is to attract a bunch of intelligent, sophisticated, admiring readers, who would be tripping over their feet rushing to comment: First post!!

This little blog will most likely go unnoticed on the high seas of the Internet; but here’s to the newborn, and to its future readers, however few they may be.