If you have been asking yourself why I haven't posted lately, I will first ask you why you are being so judgmental. Once we have that out of the way, I'll let you know that I have been doing a lot of writing lately. I've been a verifiable writing machine, people. I just haven't done any of it here.
In November, as I've already mentioned on here, I started writing for the 100 Thing Challenge blog. That has been fun and challenging at times, as it has forced me to be focused on a very specific aspect of my life - namely, simplicity. Now, simplicity is something that pervades my life, so it's not incredibly difficult, but in some aspects, it becomes a challenge because for me, part of simplicity is that I don't even think about it. I've structured my life in such a way that I don't always need to consciously think about making simplicity-focused decisions. So, sometimes, I don't even link areas of my life to simplicity because... well, it's just normal, right? Except it's not really, and sometimes, I have to remind myself of how weird I actually am.
I've also started taking a couple of Courera class: specifically, some writing classes. It's also been fun and challenging. I originally signed up to have access to the videos because as a writing teacher, I wanted to see how some professors at top universities teach writing. I've been pleased to find that Duke professors teach it much the same as I do. So, it's good to know that they are up to par.
Actually, I have learned some great stuff from Prof. Comer, which I won't go into now. But beware, any students I have. I already incorporated some of it into my current class, and those suckers don't even know it.
So, yeah... that class has kept me very busy, but don't worry! On top of it, I did find time this morning to write about 20 Amazon reviews, which kind of makes it sound like I buy a lot of stuff, which doesn't mesh well with the simplicity that I just claimed above. But actually, the purchases were from the last year, and included things like water filters. I started reviewing things on Amazon once I found out that top reviewers can get free things to review. But I am not prolific enough to really make a dent in my rating, so why do I even try?
