On talking too much.

I read this post.

I could say that the first quote from Calvin sums me up pretty well--if I replaced the word 'write' with the word 'talk'. I am a very verbal person, and I am usually thinking things through as I am saying them(definitely not a good thing) which leads to many, many regrets. I have put my foot in my mouth too many times to count. Sometimes it can be a good thing, though. Dirk can get the best of a book without having to actually read it because I like talking about what I am reading or learning about. This can be advantageous to him as he doesn't have much time for reading for his own pleasure. I have a few friends who start off our conversations with, "What have you been reading/learning about?" because they know it will open a floodgate of what is swimming around in my head.

I digress.

My point in that rant(I promised many of those, didnt I?) is that I talk a lot. I'm thinking that's not a good thing all the time. If I have another outlet for ideas and thoughts maybe I won't have the need to speak everything that is on my mind. I have been inspired by a good friend to start journaling. That is truly a discipline that I have yet to master. I have tried multiple times, in fact, I have a shelf of half-empty notebooks where I have started with a gusto and then petered off. I'm thinking this might be a better attempt since I have the idea that this is a discussion--and that others(just a few) might read it and answer back. Maybe it will spark a conversation, if not with me than with someone else. And it will thereby satisfy my desire to interact and those within earshot won't have to beholden to all my thoughts and opinions.

Make sense? Maybe not.