To blog or not to blog...that is the question!

Contemplating on "being", I admit, is a bigger contemplation than contemplating on 'blogging'...and in that sense, I cannot compete with Senor Hamlet. But with all due respect to him, his problem was his, and my problem is mine. And I care more about mine than his!

If your question is "To be or not to be..." may I suggest that you keep an inspirational book and a dagger at hand (one of them is bound to be useful, depending on whether you decide ‘to be’ or ‘not to be’) and google for Hamlet’s blog-page? If not, read on…

So good, to stop the digression…do I blog, or don't I? I've been contemplating on this for quite some time now. Ever since I read the blog journal of this dude to be precise. No I'm not going to name the dude lest it affect his pride. I may go on stage to collect the "Best blogger in the world" trophy, hold it up and say "Dude (with name), you were my inspiration", but till then, will hold his name. For now, suffice to state he (dude) started off this contemplation.

Can I, is a different question. I never addressed that. I always knew I could. After all, I’ve been writing my own essays on 'The Cow' and 'How I spent my Christmas Vacations' since Class VI. Prior to that, my mom wrote my essays, but still, mine were the best in class -and that's what matters right? I had even written a short story once, based on the school-time crush of a dear friend, and had almost published it - stopped at the last moment, when my aunt told me she could've suppressed that yawn if (a)I'd made it one third as long OR (b) I'd made her a flaskful of caffeine - but what the heck, I could write a short story, even if it wasn’t exactly short.

Darn it, I had even written my own matrimonial profile and managed to get married too a few months back!!! (Different matter that dear parents had to step in and take things in their hands to get things going, but like I already said, the result is what matters, right?)

So "CAN I BLOG?" was not a question I even considered worth considering. "SHOULD I?" seemed more pertinent. Some of the considerations that went into it were:

1) Is the world up to appreciating my blog?

2) Can I keep the quality?

3) Was my aunt really serious about that yawn?

I moved from Que 1-3 as my mood-index slid down from to-of-the-world to apprehensive to despondent.

There were three hundred and seventy eight other considerations that went into it to be precise, but I'm a sensitive writer. I can 'feel the pulse' of my audience. I can smell when their interest is waning, as I do so now, so I shall end by only touching upon the FIRST FIFTY of them. Or…NO, WAIT!! Don’t GO!!! I shall skip ALL the considerations and just tell you how I decided.

PHILOSOPHY. Strangely, that's what decided the question. “Reward all effort” – that’s been my philosophy in life (at least with respect to my effort). That's the nice way of putting it. ("Damn, if I've taken the trouble of writing it, you might as well read it" is the not so nice way.)

And so, if my effort on this contemplation is to be rewarded, I MUST BLOG. That answers my question. And look! Even before you realized, you've already read my first blog, haven't you??? Didn't I tell you I'm a good writer? Keep coming back to read more!!! Thou’s effort shalt be rewarded!

How frequently depends on my answer to Que2 above. But a note before I end. I once read "It takes nice thoughts to make a nice world". So if your reaction after reading this is nice, do express your thought in liberal terms. But if it goes like "What the @#$@#@!@#$?" the best thing to do would be to hit the delete button on the top right corner. After all, we all want the world to be a better place, don't we???