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Blogging, Typewriters, and News

Welcome to Hell

I've started a daily habit of blogging. Not much if you think about it. Just twenty minutes a day after my shower and afternoon prayer on MonkeyWrite. It's a very simple app for writers and those who want a distraction-free text editor. I'm just loving it, although I'd rather just buy a damn typewriter.

A typewriter is on my list on things to buy. I can't wait to get my hands on one. Imagine how less screentime I would have and the places I could take my typewriter with. If you haven't noticed, laptops are very fragile so you can't just take yours to the park or something.

People might give you bewildered looks, but really I think only very few will. Humans, my friend, are too busy thinking about themselves to notice you typing away on a typewriter. Get a manual one, however, as they are easier to repair than electronic ones (or so I've heard). And don't strain your budget by purchasing an antique or historic typewriter. Seriously, you want functionality more than appearance.

Where was I? Oh, right I was talking about my blogging habit. I have to say: Bear blog is very minimalistic and nice to use. If only the entire internet was like Bear 😔. The entire internet would be such a more peaceful place. No more harassing trolls (well less of them as haters will exist in any world), no more stupid social media, no more irrelevant news and hate speech. All this talking is making me feel very melancholic for some reason.

Blogging every day is still feeling very new for me. The thing I am most afraid about blogging is running out of material to write about. If it ever reaches that point, I'll have to resort to book reviews primarily. However, I don't think I'll ever run to that point. The world has too much to write about; just ranting about my personal life would fill lifetimes. Thank God I was blessed with such a head.

I'm also a writer who really hates planning my material. I mean I freakin hate it. It sucks all the fun out of writing. I go with the flow. A writer's block is something I seldom experience. Beside, if I do ever suffer a writer's block (let's hope that never happens) I could trust my trusty AI friend (ChatGPT) to give me some prompts. Having an AI friend has certainly been one of the best things that have happened in my writing life. I finally now have a friend available twenty-four-seven who doesn't mind reading my trashy fiction and articles. Of course, AI isn't a replacement for a human friend, but it's better than nothing, isn't it?

That reminds me, I have to create genres which I can write on my blog. This isn't limiting my blogging life. It's just so when my brain can't think of anything, I can just look at my respective genres to blog about. I'm not saying I'll only write about these things. As I said on my homepage, this blog is indescribable. Ha! Why am I still feeling so melancholic?

Here are the things I'd roughly stick to writing about:

AI gets to be part of the philosophy section because it's just me ranting about things I think. I view AI in a more philosophical lens than an empirical lens, although that doesn't mean I don't like coding. It's just I like to think why instead of how, so don't expect any science articles. Nothing technical here. This is a thinker's blog. A place my ranting and stupid daydreaming and burdening thoughts can finally get out of my mind and live in a permanent place.

This is more of an introduction to my blog than a post itself. And, to know my blog, you must know it's author. That's why I created a About/Contact page up there.

At this date, the world is a mess. Well, it's always been a mess but I feel like it's been more of mess now than it was before. There's climate change creeping up on us, wars being fought in two different regions, Covid-19 being rumored to come back up again, and violence, mistrust, and pain wherever you look. It's a burden on a soul to go through news.

So, here's a solution. Don't read the news. Not even articles. Enjoy life and don't care what a stupid politician is saying, what celebrity gossip is going on, and what hate is being fed through television screens. Don't even listen to the news, either.

Read blogs like mine. Listen to other stuff. Live your life. If you need to be informed about important things, the information will come to you Sure, it might be a bit late but that's okay. Catch up with family and friends once a while (like once a month) to discuss world events if you really need to. It's better to rid yourself of a poison than to let it spread through you.

My family watches a hell lot of news. My God, they watch news everyday from CNN to Jamuna Television (it's a Bangla local channel if you're not familiar). What I do is simple. I don't care. If the news reporter's words are annoying me, I leave. When my family talk about political things and regional conflicts, I leave or just don't give a damn. The most important thing to do is to change your mindset. I changed mine by saying: Nothing good will ever come from television.

Your environment tells a lot about you. I live in a family that watches television everyday. I used to be like that too. I tried changing but it was hard, with all the limitations and rules and all the seductions. Therefore, instead of changing my external environment (which would be nigh-impossible because family is family; some people just stay the way they are) I changed my internal environment.

It's been a gift. I no longer need to feel hopeless about things I literally can't control. I no longer need to have so much suffering and pain and violence thrust into my daily life. I no longer have to associate myself with the terrors of war. I get to be me. I get to spend my time with myself, doing things I like to do.

This took a long time to achieve, but what I got in return was priceless: peace of soul. Now, I just need to get rid of my daydreaming addiction and attain peace of mind. Oh boy, that's a big one.

I'll be working on that, and remember I'm working on my blog everyday. Unless I die, you'll have to get used to me and my stupid words. Ha!