Serendipity and Learning

I dont usually go out of my way to network. But over the last few years, I ensured that I spend some time creating new connections. It is a small fragment of my time that goes into it, but what I realised was that some of those networking events were not really working out. I also took time to post about the things I do (mostly on Linkedin) and here (nobody reads this - this is more of a note to myself).  It seemed to be the same set of people saying the same set of things. So, this year I have decided to step back.  Unless it is a truly unique event, I wont be going to any event - and thats how the unconference happened.  Unless it is a really significant update, I wont be posting about it.  And spend time creating and doing the things I like to do. Perhaps read more. Or write more. It is April now and I have done well so far.  Managed to read a few books. Actively working on a few creations. And then some. Lets see.  So for all I know, I might write less ...

 To a trickle.  I had written about this about 2 years ago, but back then I had a decent excuse. I was working (yes, really) on a few things.  But I realised that this is not a one off thing at all. I have actually reduced my reading. The book buying continues unabated, but reading has gone down.  Yes, I still consume textual information in general - but reading is now on the internet. There is substack and there is twitter. And there is a bit of instagram (not a huge fan, but hey, some of the content is too good). So I have decided to step back and read more. On things I need to know. On fun things. Will come back and share how that is going.