Nate Knows Nada

It’s been way too long since I have written a serious academic paper on my own, and one of the things I have always prided myself upon in my work is that I’m a fairly good writer. But when you haven’t done any serious writing in a year or two, it’s hard to know if you’re doing well. Is the point getting across? Is the style clear and pleasant to read? Is it reflective of how and what I think?

Writing is really hard, as I had forgotten. But the difficulty is enjoyable, as it’s something I can do in a way that no one else can.

This is the reason I have been hesitant about keeping a blog.  Not only is it the offense factor, but it’s also a hesitancy on my part to reveal too much of myself to whomever might be out there.  Do you need to know about  my d———?  Or about my r————?  And how much of my interior monologue should be public?  Not that a ton of people are reading this, as the stats seem to indicate.  But what’s my line, the step over which I will not go?  Dean and Shel (whom I link to at right) let it all hang out — but I don’t know that that’s for me.

My approach to life is to remain sort of aloof.  Whereas BF needs to be closer to people when he’s insecure, I need to pull away and have more space to myself, and it’s very hard for me to let anyone in.  I’ll let Matt in, and Keith, and maybe another, but distance is my means.  Which isn’t a surprise, consideing that my personality tests indicate I’m an “introvert.”

What do other people think?  What’s your line?