Generally speaking, I’ve never been much of a writer. The only thing that I’ve written, in which I was proud of, was a Jeremy Clarkson style narrative in place of a technical report for a class at Auburn (I received the lowest grade in the report section, but still received an A in the class). With that in mind, myself having a blog is a bit of a strange thing. My mind tends to run on a bit like Lucky Charms (mostly cardboard with a few marshmallows).
Two things, I heard recently, provided the inspiration need to turn my thoughts into words.
Thing 1:
“Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man; and, therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not.” – Francis Bacon
Well, I’ve read (listened to books) to my hearts content. Before audiobooks, I could count the number of books that I’ve read on one hand. It is time to expand to writing, if only to be precise. My memory is also less than desirable, what a relatable quote.
Thing 2:
“No skill needed to understand it. Mastery to write it.”
I don’t consider myself a master of most of the things which I write about, but mastery is one of the four tactical virtues. So if writing will assist in mastery, write I shall.