Starting Game

Where does one begin when starting a blog?

I guess one should start with whom is the voice behind the blog.  To get better acquainted with the voice, one will understand where this blog is coming from and where it might be headed.  We as humans love to put names on everything.  We name ourselves, name our pets, we even name our cars.  We feel more of a connection to the person, animal or thing when we place a name to them.  It is more gratifying to us humans when we first know someone's name.  Whenever we shake hands with a stranger we always say our names first, to identify who we are and to showcase how proud we are for having a name.  We are not an It, not a thing.  We are somebody and we are proud to be a somebody.  And then we aren't strangers anymore.

Shall I make the first move in the introductions?

{Walks right up} Hello

{Takes your hand in mine and gives it a firm shake (see this is another thing we do, we determine how we like another person by how firm they shake hands)} Pleasure to make your acquaintance.

{Looks you right in the eye (another aspect of meeting people, we always look at each other in the eyes before anything else.  Windows to the soul and all that)} My name is Waffles.  A well read gamer girl who loves her coffee, and her books.  Gaming is her passion.  Be it on an Xbox, Playstation, Switch or the PC.  Likes getting lost in the fields of Hyrule, fighting with Skags on Pandora, taking long walks through Middle Earth, and catching every Pokemon known to man.

(Always give them the elevator speech:  If you are ever trying to promote yourself, your business give the person the "elevator speech".  When you walk into an elevator you have so many seconds before you reach your destination.  Have it like you are promoting yourself or your business to a person in an elevator and pitch it before they reach their destination and leave.  It helps you to get to your point fast and the other person doesn't feel like you are droning on and on.)

Now the main question:  what type of blog is this going to be?  Haven't the foggest.  But we shall see what springs from my head to my fingers to the keyboard and on the screen.  One does love an adventure.

So please don't be shy.  Stop by for a visit; take a cup of Coffee (or Tea if that's your fancy).

The pleasure was all mine!

I believe one of the toughest things to do is starting something...especially in writing.  For once you nail the beginning of something, everything starts coming along smoothly and flows like a river.  But that beginning; that hook that will draw readers in....that's the tough part.

When I think about my writing back in school, I always seem to start the conversation with a question.  Not entirely sure why, but I always seem to want to answer a certain question and for the life of me I don't know what that ONE question is.  It can't be the Ultimate Question of life, the universe, and everything for according to Deep Thought the answer is 42.  So, it would be silly to ask that question.  

But there are so many others that have formulated in my mind.  And one of those is:  How does one quiet their mind?

When the world around you is loud you want to be able to hear the world, not just what’s in your head. That’s what they mean by paying attention to your surroundings. You never know what could happen for the world is always changing and moving and you need to be prepared for what the world dishes out.

You can’t be thinking of what you ate for lunch when you were 5, or the last song you just heard, or the title of the book that you want to read that comes out in 5 months. You can’t be thinking, having coffee will help your mood swings but then you think you don’t want to get all jittery for you just had 3 cups already. You can’t quit everything and just think about the lyrics to the song that you haven’t heard in over 5 years in a commercial. Can’t be thinking of the state of your house is and the correct way of cleaning it up.

Gotta be thinking of the next line to say when someone comes through your path. Gotta be thinking of how to solve the puzzle your boss just handed you.

Isn’t that the proper thing to do? Isn’t that what everyone tells you to do?

How do they do it?

How do they keep non-sequential items from popping into their heads at random times?

When you are supposed to be thinking about your next assignment, you shouldn’t be thinking of a song; the book that you just read; the last time you had fun dip and how the sugary goodness hurt your teeth so much but you just gotta try it again; I’m really liking this new ring I just bought, really fits nicely; shouldn’t have put that much creamer into my coffee now everything tastes like Dunkin’ Donuts Chocolate; “I’m coming home, coming home tell the world I’m coming home” when am I supposed to hand in my rent….didn’t I already do that? Thinking of the next video game that I need to buy, “I wish I could save these moments, put them in a jar I wish I could stop the world from turning” then thinking of how to save money and is that guy checking me out? No way, no guy would check me out is he checking me out I shouldn’t check, that video game looks awesome oh it’s only for online gaming need it to offline for no internet, I should get internet oh right no money when do I need to finish this assignment?

Oh how do you quiet your mind?

I would love an answer.....I need to get to bed soon.

And don't comment with a list of herbs or essential oils that I can try.....I have them all.  I have the diffuser.  It works on some occasions.  But to be frank....sometimes that doesn't even cut it.  It sort of helps, especially for my jobs, but sometimes the mind has a mind of it's own and I don't seem to hold the controls on this one.

They say that when one can't quiet a mind, one should write.  But with my dyslexia, ADHD and three jobs...a little hard to do.  Especially when one writes crappy like this human does.  I have tried many times for different blog sites and different ways to get my mind off of certain topics all together.  I even published a book once.  Still didn't make any difference.

Then I got on with my life; started making acquaintances and having fun.  Now with three jobs, a cat, and always sleeping all the time, it's getting harder and harder to share many of my ideas, or thinking.  I just don't get out any more, and I don't have that closeness with someone to share these thoughts with.  So lucky you, you wonderful you!  You get to peak inside the doctor's monsters mind. 

Good Luck