I’ve been wanting to create an online journal for a while now. I guess I should get on it now or I’ll never get to it. First off I should tell the readers exactly what kind of online journal this is, or at least what I hope it will be.

Firstly, my reasons are selfish ones. I have always found writing to be therapeutic. I also feel that my ideas are worthy of sharing and you can benefit from knowing them. That last sentence considered, I also think that I can do better than most people at this. Most people’s ideas basically repeat something I already know and I hate wasting my time listening to someone who doesn’t know that I’m way beyond what they are trying to communicate. Writing for me is therapeutic. The written word doesn’t have to be shortened or simplified. If I have a thought that takes longer to explain than a person’s attention span can handle, then I suppose the written word is for me. Conventional therapy doesn’t work for me so I do what I call “unconventional therapy”. Which is something created by me, for me and not for resale.

Secondly, I want to start a debate. I cannot be completely self-centered if I didn’t consider my own personal growth process. How can I plant my feet firmly if I don’t think about the ground that surrounds me? That last sentence considered, I will write points of view that aren’t my own. I will occasionally present the opposite argument to my actual position. When you’re writing and not speaking it’s hard to know what tone someone is using. Whether the tone is sarcastic, parody, serious, etc. Sometimes all of those tones may be utilized. As the reader how are you going to tell what mood I’m in when I write something? Just remember one thing. I am human and my mind changes constantly. I am not monotone. So if you’re interested in an idea that I have and you’re not sure if I’m joking or not, just ask what I mean. If my intent was not what you thought it was. (which happens to me daily) Then we can start a philosophical debate! After all, when you actually try and discuss your ideas to someone who hates your ideas, that’s when you really learn how solid your ideas are.

Thirdly, I am generally frustrated with talking to brick walls known as people. At least with an online journal I may attract some like-minds. Some things that seem like obvious, common sense, even a child can understand things, aren’t accepted by society. A great example is the comparison between alcohol and cannabis. Example: If you’re at a hockey game and a fight breaks out. Who was more likely fighting? The people smoking cannabis or the people drinking? Answer: Obviously the people drinking… So, common sense would say. Alcohol promotes violence. That’s something we all know, don’t we? Alcohol promotes violence? Yes, it also promotes many other unsavory things… Yet violence is the topic for now. Cannabis also has it’s downfalls. However most of those are caused by stupid impressionable people emulating the Hollywood style “pothead”. Teenagers smoke Cannabis and get hypnotized by television, video games, smart phones etc. and they’re useless. I’m not defending Cannabis simply because of those idiot video game addicts who are currently creating a new stereotype…… That is an example of the topics I will be writing about. If you don’t like someone breaking stereotypes than you will hate me.

Fourthly, I absolutely hate how people accept everything they hear on the news at face value. The only thing that should be accepted at face value is money. even money now-a-days is a scam(that’s a topic for later). I wrack my brain as to why and how people got so gullible. I wonder everyday why people believe everything they hear. That last sentence considered, I also don’t understand how some people can lie so easily. I know that people are gullible. That doesn’t mean I will take advantage of it. I deplore such practice. I am somewhere in the middle of knowing and naive. I admit that I am gullible too on an occasion. However, when i am involved, the same mistake is never made twice..

 

Thanks for your time. If you like what I have to say come back weekly. The exhaustion from my job keeps me from doing this daily. I hope you had as much fun reading as I did writing.

 

Doyle Dewolfe