I think it's vital to keep writing about all kinds of things. Chat GPT be damned.
Yes, we need to keep thinking through what is most worth our time, like you've done here, but what is life-giving about the words we put down? For you and the reader?
Even if what you write about the garden can be replicated by AI, your kids won't care a tittle about what AI said about blah blah in ten years...but they might very much enjoy reading your personal thoughts on spacing cabbages. Even if only for humor.....my teens love to laugh at me and I find that it keeps me humble. ;)
I keep a handwritten journal and it has been an instructive exercise. Everything was moving so fast, I felt lost on a merry-go-round and the journal brought almost everything in my life into focus! Remarkably effective. Even more so than taking photos throughout the day which I had started a while back but detested touching my phone repeatedly while on a walk, etc. So,
I began putting my "noticing" in the journal after your post about that. What a wonderful way to mark each day.
My journal is a way to stay contemplative, reflective, and honestly, grateful. I find it is an effective way to moderate the pace of day to day life. It helps me beat back the intrusion of technology in my mind. Handwritten thoughts are distinctly human and even the curves of the letters tell me something about how I felt that particular day.
It helped me make sense of the mourning of my soul when my first child left home.
So back to A Common Life:
I particularly love the ERL posts, Morgan's recipes or thoughts on anything in the kitchen, stories about your family life, etc. For instance, in another 12 months, you will enjoy reading your visceral thoughts about beach camping. Write about the stinging rashes, the insects, the longing for the softness of home....
AI can't touch mothering & fathering, discipling souls, chopping and sauteing, feeding and nurturing bodies, taking in the Holy Word, memorizing it - and also writing down things of daily life. The storytelling will be interesting to others, but I think it can also help shape who we become.
So take this as encouragement! Thank you and God Bless You.
Denise, what a thoughtful and encouraging reply. Thank you.
This line stood out: "Handwritten thoughts are distinctly human and even the curves of the letters tell me something about how I felt that particular day." How beautifully put. And it is true.
Thanks for the feedback... The ERL posts... Hmmm. To be honest, those posts get some of the least "traction" or interaction. I'm so glad you enjoy them, because I enjoy them. We will write another one soon.
Take care and I look forward to hearing from you again soon.
I can't wait to read about the beach camping trip!
I think it's vital to keep writing about all kinds of things. Chat GPT be damned.
Yes, we need to keep thinking through what is most worth our time, like you've done here, but what is life-giving about the words we put down? For you and the reader?
Even if what you write about the garden can be replicated by AI, your kids won't care a tittle about what AI said about blah blah in ten years...but they might very much enjoy reading your personal thoughts on spacing cabbages. Even if only for humor.....my teens love to laugh at me and I find that it keeps me humble. ;)
I keep a handwritten journal and it has been an instructive exercise. Everything was moving so fast, I felt lost on a merry-go-round and the journal brought almost everything in my life into focus! Remarkably effective. Even more so than taking photos throughout the day which I had started a while back but detested touching my phone repeatedly while on a walk, etc. So,
I began putting my "noticing" in the journal after your post about that. What a wonderful way to mark each day.
My journal is a way to stay contemplative, reflective, and honestly, grateful. I find it is an effective way to moderate the pace of day to day life. It helps me beat back the intrusion of technology in my mind. Handwritten thoughts are distinctly human and even the curves of the letters tell me something about how I felt that particular day.
It helped me make sense of the mourning of my soul when my first child left home.
So back to A Common Life:
I particularly love the ERL posts, Morgan's recipes or thoughts on anything in the kitchen, stories about your family life, etc. For instance, in another 12 months, you will enjoy reading your visceral thoughts about beach camping. Write about the stinging rashes, the insects, the longing for the softness of home....
AI can't touch mothering & fathering, discipling souls, chopping and sauteing, feeding and nurturing bodies, taking in the Holy Word, memorizing it - and also writing down things of daily life. The storytelling will be interesting to others, but I think it can also help shape who we become.
So take this as encouragement! Thank you and God Bless You.
Denise, what a thoughtful and encouraging reply. Thank you.
This line stood out: "Handwritten thoughts are distinctly human and even the curves of the letters tell me something about how I felt that particular day." How beautifully put. And it is true.
Thanks for the feedback... The ERL posts... Hmmm. To be honest, those posts get some of the least "traction" or interaction. I'm so glad you enjoy them, because I enjoy them. We will write another one soon.
Take care and I look forward to hearing from you again soon.