I've been post-dating a lot of my blog entries lately, so I thought that I'd say a few words about this practice.
I write the words "post-dated for ..." as a way to keep myself honest. You see, part of the deal that I made with myself regarding this blog is that I would attempt to write a post every day, and if I didn't manage to do so I would "own up" to that failure rather than simply not posting. I know that it is possible to change the date for my posts so that it looks like they were posted on the correct date, but that feels too much like cheating my original deal.
Generally, I tend to post-date when the events of my life just make posting too difficult on any given evening. Days when we are not at home or in contact with the Internet are obvious examples, but I also find myself post-dating when I'm really tired and just want to go to bed. Unfortunately, I have found myself relying on this fall-back more frequently now that my student teacher is running a couple of my classes (and thus I know that I will have time the following day to get my posts done). It's a bad habit that I would like to break, especially since my late evenings are usually due to playing video games (sometimes with other people, sometimes on my own) which again makes me wonder whether my father is correct about their negative effect on my life.
I'm not going to beat myself up too much over this. For over a year, I've been writing a post for every day, and that, I feel, is quite an accomplishment itself. I'd like to do better, and will endeavor to do so, but post-dated entries will not disappear.
I write the words "post-dated for ..." as a way to keep myself honest. You see, part of the deal that I made with myself regarding this blog is that I would attempt to write a post every day, and if I didn't manage to do so I would "own up" to that failure rather than simply not posting. I know that it is possible to change the date for my posts so that it looks like they were posted on the correct date, but that feels too much like cheating my original deal.
Generally, I tend to post-date when the events of my life just make posting too difficult on any given evening. Days when we are not at home or in contact with the Internet are obvious examples, but I also find myself post-dating when I'm really tired and just want to go to bed. Unfortunately, I have found myself relying on this fall-back more frequently now that my student teacher is running a couple of my classes (and thus I know that I will have time the following day to get my posts done). It's a bad habit that I would like to break, especially since my late evenings are usually due to playing video games (sometimes with other people, sometimes on my own) which again makes me wonder whether my father is correct about their negative effect on my life.
I'm not going to beat myself up too much over this. For over a year, I've been writing a post for every day, and that, I feel, is quite an accomplishment itself. I'd like to do better, and will endeavor to do so, but post-dated entries will not disappear.
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