Kathryn Owen
gadabouts
Kathryn Owen
Gadabout: to visit or travel to a lot of different places, enjoying yourself and not worrying about other things you should be doing.
I think this is exactly what I should be doing, in order to find out what else I should be doing. For now. It's all subjective, isn't it? To time, to context, to place, to commitment, to understanding. Right now is the time I've found most appropriate to explore, to gadabout, to be a neophyte in all the academic and personal and professional arenas that take turns occupying my mind and my passions.
This blog will hopefully be an aid to those of you who wish I were better at communicating.. Perhaps that will change and I'll all of a sudden become a more outgoing and sociable person, even (or especially) in this time of nomadic solitude, but if it doesn't change, at least there will be this sort of tracking device that should be a sort of insight into what I'm doing.
Partly, and maybe mostly, this is a record for myself. Sometimes, when I don't want to write or draw or even get out of bed, my laptop is still at arm's reach and it seems a brainless task to type a few paragraphs, though they may be quite poorly orchestrated. I see this as a last resort, a final attempt to make sure I document what I learn in these few months.
Thanks for your interest in what I'm doing. It really doesn't feel like anything extraordinary, I assure you, but it definitely helps me out to think that there are a few people who are excited about my adventures and are willing to encourage me on my way.