That list of draft posts
So here I am writing a post about a post. As I sit here and write this I can see in a box above the title of the post a list of links to “Your Drafts:”. Ideas that I once had for a post that never got finished. But obviously I thought the idea was good so I saved it for later. But when I go back to it what do I see? I see an unfinished post and that’s about all.
In some of them I see a couple of lines and in others a few paragraphs. But even though the text is there, the stream of thought has gone. And the motivation has gone too. I have managed to complete drafts in the past, but the others remain there staring at me because they are too precious for me to delete. It makes me feel like there is work in the pipeline but also that my in-tray will never be empty until I make a decision about them.
But that brings me onto the whole business of writing posts. I tend to write off the top of my head, a kind of stream of consciousness sort of thing. But for more article type of posts I will sketch out an outline on paper first. A bit like writing an essay. But if I’m not doing that and just writing off the top of my head, then I need that flow and if lose it, then it’s gone. So before I start writing a post I guess I should check that I have enough time to finish it.
So how long does it take to write a post? On average I mean. Well if it’s my usual kind which is just my stream of thoughts, unedited, then it’s around 40 minutes or so. I think. But a more in depth article type of post does actually require a draft and then a reworking of that draft.
But I still haven’t addressed the issue of that list of draft posts. Well I guess I have alluded to it. What type of post is it? Is it an in depth article type of post or is it just a ramble or a rant of some sort? Well then it’s easy. If I want to keep working on it then I should keep it, but otherwise I should discard it. I just need to make that decision. According to clutter clearing one should not leave things unfinished. One should commit to completing them or discarding them.
So that about answers the question. And it also makes me wonder whether it was worth bothering writing this post and add to the amount of debris floating in hyper-space. But had I not written the post, then would I have come to that conclusion? I will never know.
Right, time to delete a few drafts. 