- Vegan nutrition (hmmm, already know a lot of about that, maybe look into one aspect, like calcium)
- Plant rotation on a farm
- Economic development policies and if they ever work
- ...
Man. These are boring topics so far.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Article ideas
I've committed to writing an article a week for this blog. As they get better I might ask Will to edit them. A few ideas for topics (keeping in mind that the premise is that it should be something I want to learn about):
Man. These are boring topics so far.
Man. These are boring topics so far.
Every blog starts with an ambition
Mine is to learn how to write.
So I've set myself the following challenge:
Write one article per week on a subject I don't know much about (although really, that could be anything, since there is always more to learn about any subject).
A bit of background. I could write background for ever but I'll stick to two salient points:
1. I recently left my job as a Greenhouse Gas accountant. I was really depressed in the job and was planning on quitting and taking the summer to farm, think, enjoy the sun, eat through some savings, and do all kinds of other things. I never really formulated this thought fully, but part of me realizes that I'll probably have kid in the next few years, so I should kick back and relax while I can. Before I could quit though, I got laid off. So I have severance and employment insurance. And they hired me back as a consultant. Oh life! The mysterious ways in which you work!
So basically all that boils down to: I have some time on my hands, and some freedom.
2. Sometimes in your life you meet someone random at exactly the right moment to alter the trajectory of your life, at least for a little while. I found myself rambling to a random old man while pouring creme in my coffee "I want to find a career where I can work from a cabin in the woods, far from the world!" I told him. "That's what I do" he said. We went for coffee and told me that he has systematically become an expert in his field (marina construction) and he works primarily from his cabin in Montana. He told me to find a field I'm passionate about, read about it obsessively and then start writing about it. No one will pay you at first, but you'll get your writing in a magazine here or there, and eventually you'll start becoming an expert. And then he said he was a pastor. Which was weird because I'm not religious, but it was like God had sent me someone to talk to. But I'm still an atheist.
So that's what this blog is about. Practicing writing. Practicing sounding like I know what I'm talking about. Practicing the commitment to actually do what I say I'm going to do. Here goes.
So I've set myself the following challenge:
Write one article per week on a subject I don't know much about (although really, that could be anything, since there is always more to learn about any subject).
A bit of background. I could write background for ever but I'll stick to two salient points:
1. I recently left my job as a Greenhouse Gas accountant. I was really depressed in the job and was planning on quitting and taking the summer to farm, think, enjoy the sun, eat through some savings, and do all kinds of other things. I never really formulated this thought fully, but part of me realizes that I'll probably have kid in the next few years, so I should kick back and relax while I can. Before I could quit though, I got laid off. So I have severance and employment insurance. And they hired me back as a consultant. Oh life! The mysterious ways in which you work!
So basically all that boils down to: I have some time on my hands, and some freedom.
2. Sometimes in your life you meet someone random at exactly the right moment to alter the trajectory of your life, at least for a little while. I found myself rambling to a random old man while pouring creme in my coffee "I want to find a career where I can work from a cabin in the woods, far from the world!" I told him. "That's what I do" he said. We went for coffee and told me that he has systematically become an expert in his field (marina construction) and he works primarily from his cabin in Montana. He told me to find a field I'm passionate about, read about it obsessively and then start writing about it. No one will pay you at first, but you'll get your writing in a magazine here or there, and eventually you'll start becoming an expert. And then he said he was a pastor. Which was weird because I'm not religious, but it was like God had sent me someone to talk to. But I'm still an atheist.
So that's what this blog is about. Practicing writing. Practicing sounding like I know what I'm talking about. Practicing the commitment to actually do what I say I'm going to do. Here goes.
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