Reminded
One of the facts that have been more surprising to me about the blog is the ability to come back, two months later, and actually being able to read my posts, getting surprised at both my ingenuity and levity and my pain and sorrow.
Usually, when I write in paper, every other thing gets lost when I move or change countries, notebooks, pens or whatever the excuse is that day.
Not so with a blog: the words are all searchable, are there, and are forever present. Monthly maintenance, cheap CMS, and a continuous conscience reminding me my goals and attitudes from a month ago, two months ago.
Writing is how I keep my mind aware of my past, the places I have been, what I had thought and hoped.
In this way, all plans and ideas are being constantly revisited, awareness for the present solidly based on what has been said before, easier to live a present eliminating differences between instants.
For you non-bilingual speakers: Spanish “ingenuidad” equals English “naiveté”.