So I’ve decided to go paperless. I have been thinking about it for ages but the tediousness of scanning our files on our old scanner had prevented me from starting. But now I have a reason. We have a large filing cabinet where I’ve kept all my files for the last 15 years, and we probably won’t have a space for it in the new place, so I’ve decided that it was time to have a paperless office once and for all.
Last night I came upon a thick folder that held all the papers and essays I’ve ever written for my high school and college English classes. One of them was an explication I’d written on two poems for an English Lit class at UCLA . As I was reading the essay I was amazed at how eloquent I used to be. What happened?? When did I get so…so… awkward at writing? It’s like pulling teeth to get words out. I used to write in my journal practically every day, and now I can’t think of the last time I wrote a journal entry. (I just checked – I have one entry each for 2007 and 2006, and two for 2005.)
My 7th grade English teacher said the best way to improve your writing was to write a lot. I guess since I stopped writing, it’s gotten harder and harder. I used to compose long passages in my head and later write them, but now I realize I haven’t done that in ages. I blame getting married and having children. I had hoped that this blog would help, but whenever I think of something to write, life gets in the way. When you have 2 children under the age of 2 years old, you don’t really get a lot of free time to yourself. Well, in the new place, we’re going to combine the office and playroom into one space, so maybe I’ll sneak some posts while I am “watching the kids”.
