Taking a Break
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 1:36 am
Hey Friends,
You'll notice that I tend to post here in spurts. I'll be not on the board for a long time, then I'll post heavily for a number of days, staying up super late to post and so on. Then the lost sleep and reduced goal achievement start weighing on me and I realize I need to leave for a good while. Rather than the problem being that I don't want to engage in the discussion, the problem appears to be that I want it too much: When I post, I tend to binge post rather than posting sparingly or in times of winter, cold, or famine.
While some people can steadily post in moderation, I, apparently, am a boardaholic!
As I periodically return to dialogue here more across time, I've been coming to know, and therefore like, more and more you whom I dialogue with. I've come to see more of others' personalities and worldviews and perceive their own search for truth. This was perhaps especially so in the thread on what people here believe, but I've seen it on other threads as well. I've enjoyed being here and talking with you.
Obviously board dynamics are not always sweetness and light. I did sting for a while when I felt one in real life friend threw me under the bus on the spiritual reality thread. Yet, although I don't know most of you in person, everyone's been overwhelmingly cordial. And that's even though we are all coming from different worldviews. You could just lump me together with others who come in for ridicule here, but you don't. For the most part, and I think more and more as we interact more, you view me as a distinct individual rather than just a representative of a group. Thank you--I appreciate that.
Sometime tonight or tomorrow (probably tonight) I'll be scrambling my password so I'll have to do password recovery to return to the board, which I think I should probably not do through at least the end of July. I'm announcing this in order to keep me honest--to keep me to my word so I can get my sleep back on track and ramp up my productivity and then when I return post in moderation--hopefully!
Regards,
Don
You'll notice that I tend to post here in spurts. I'll be not on the board for a long time, then I'll post heavily for a number of days, staying up super late to post and so on. Then the lost sleep and reduced goal achievement start weighing on me and I realize I need to leave for a good while. Rather than the problem being that I don't want to engage in the discussion, the problem appears to be that I want it too much: When I post, I tend to binge post rather than posting sparingly or in times of winter, cold, or famine.
While some people can steadily post in moderation, I, apparently, am a boardaholic!As I periodically return to dialogue here more across time, I've been coming to know, and therefore like, more and more you whom I dialogue with. I've come to see more of others' personalities and worldviews and perceive their own search for truth. This was perhaps especially so in the thread on what people here believe, but I've seen it on other threads as well. I've enjoyed being here and talking with you.
Obviously board dynamics are not always sweetness and light. I did sting for a while when I felt one in real life friend threw me under the bus on the spiritual reality thread. Yet, although I don't know most of you in person, everyone's been overwhelmingly cordial. And that's even though we are all coming from different worldviews. You could just lump me together with others who come in for ridicule here, but you don't. For the most part, and I think more and more as we interact more, you view me as a distinct individual rather than just a representative of a group. Thank you--I appreciate that.
Sometime tonight or tomorrow (probably tonight) I'll be scrambling my password so I'll have to do password recovery to return to the board, which I think I should probably not do through at least the end of July. I'm announcing this in order to keep me honest--to keep me to my word so I can get my sleep back on track and ramp up my productivity and then when I return post in moderation--hopefully!
Regards,
Don
