Since I began dabbling in writing some years ago ~ occasionally indulging in some questionable poetry, family history stories and now this blog ~ not to mention my email habit ~ I have noticed how I incessantly go over and over the work making changes. I call it "tweaking" ~ a sport that I cannot seem to stop myself from indulging in. A sign of OCD? An addiction of some sort? I have no idea if this disease/compulsion even has a name. I even "tweak" my emails before sending them out. Checking spelling and grammar is only a part of the game. I also check for other changes which might enhance and improve, sometimes spending hours going over and over my work. Definite sign of a diseased mind, wouldn't you say? Of course, even here and now I am "tweaking". Before this post is ultimately published, it will have been "tweaked" many times over and will undoubtedly still need more "tweaking" after it is published!As I thought about this the other day, I thought about how much better off I (and those around me) would be if I were to "tweak" some of my questionable behaviors. For instance, if I were to come to a screeching halt before saying out loud the first thing that comes to mind and take a little time to "tweak" it. Or if I found myself forming an unkind opinion, spending an hour or so "tweaking" it. I could spend days, weeks and months "tweaking" my thoughts and actions. Life needs "tweaking".
2 comments:
Isn't that just good editing?
We all do it. It speaks of how we want to appear to others...maybe a little better than we actually are.
I agree with Summer. This sounds a lot like the revision I teach my students to do. And I find the link between revision and repentance to be a strong--albeit nerdy--one.
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