It has been a long while since I posted on this blog. Too long. And I can hardly call this a blog when it has only one post from 10 months ago and the site itself is incomplete. I have plenty of reasons for the delay, though the vast majority of them are simply excuses, nothing more. Still, perhaps going through the mindset of a serial procrastinator may shed some insight into the human condition, though I doubt it will illuminate anything not already known to you and to me.
Motivation
I did not have strong motivations for starting this blog. All I had was stories in my head and a succinct, easy-to-remember URL (peopledrivecars.com). I thought to myself, “I’d better use this phrase before someone else does.” This was back in February 2018. As of now, after a search for “peopledrivecars” (no spaces) this site is the 22nd search result on Google and the 1st search result on DuckDuckGo and Yahoo (excluding ads). My fears were unfounded, but on the other hand I did not seen any results from my investment and my efforts (as if either of those were substantial in the first place).
Despite the name of the site and the topic of my first post, I am not very interested in cars. Where I came up with the phrase “People drive cars” (emphasis on People) will be the topic of a whole other post. For now, it should suffice for me to say that if I have any sort of attachment to cars it is because of what they do for us, namely, to get people from one place to another.
Intention
Though I was not strongly motivated to use my blog, I did have a definite intention. I wanted to write about my personal experiences, specifically about travelling and journeys. Not quite a travel blog; more like describing the act of going on a journey, or surmounting obstacles, or the experience of exploration. Mind you, I am not some sort of professional explorer or traveller. My jobs (when I am working) usually have me in an office somewhere. Sometimes I do have to travel to an office in another city, but most of the time the travel is run-of-the-mill and there is nothing to report.
Though my intentions were there, I had poor motivation and strong procrastination skills. Let’s see why else it took me so long to write again. After my first post, I got lazy. Then I was laid off, which gave me a valid excuse to be lazy. After that I was just procrastinating. I did go on a two week trip to Peru in September, and yes, I did go up to Machu Picchu, but that’s a story for another time. I came back and got lazy again. December came, and the Christmas season gave me yet another excuse to be lazy. In February I did go to Italy and walked 700km in 19 days, but now I’m back. And I have finally posted something here.
What is coming up?
So if my intentions are to write about my journeys, what will my actions be concerning this blog? Firstly, my next few posts will shift the focus of the site from the item in its name, peopledrivecars, to my more general interest in journeys. In the next week or so I hope to explain:
- Where I came up with the phrase, “People drive cars”;
- Why I thought it was appropriate as the name of a blog about journeys; and
- What I think a journey is, exactly.
Hopefully this time my motivations will be strong enough to complete a few posts within the next week instead of within the next year.