Do I write, or do I talk to myself?
This problem plagues me daily. Do I have things to say? Yes. Does anyone need to hear it? That is the struggle.
See, I could write a lot about what I think needs to happen in education, especially special education. I can talk at length about the transition to adulthood for students with disabilities; the needs and shortcomings found in public education. I can talk about what I study in scripture and what I think it means or the questions that arise. But I always come back to the question of “who cares?”
Who is asking me for my opinion? If no one, then why say anything? Would I not be a giant asshole for shouting out my thoughts to questions no one has asked? Even now, I have been debating whether or not to delete this entire post once done writing it.
Then there are the smaller issues. Even if I weren’t concerned about the fact that no one asked me to say anything, I’m faced with the reality that no one will read this even after I publish it. So why bother? If that weren’t enough, there is no way this will be enough words to get indexed on search engines and garner views.
So again, I am left with the dilemma of writing or just talking to myself. At least with talking to myself, no one can refute anything … except for a more optimistic me.
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