{"id":3666,"date":"2025-12-13T23:54:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T07:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shirscribe.com\/?p=3666"},"modified":"2025-12-13T23:54:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T07:54:42","slug":"my-thoughts-on-5-random-previous-posts-iv-v","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shirscribe.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/13\/my-thoughts-on-5-random-previous-posts-iv-v\/","title":{"rendered":"My Thoughts on 5 Random Previous Posts IV & V"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So this post was supposed to come out yesterday, but my neck and shoulder flared up again. It\u2019s so weird how muscle pain works. It starts to feel better and so you think you\u2019re healed only to make one false move (because it doesn\u2019t hurt half as bad as it used to, so I forgot that I still need to be delicate with it, and I picked up something or reached for something, and boom, the big pain is back again) and it\u2019s like back to the drawing board. So anyway, my neck and shoulder feel much better today. There\u2019s still some pain, but it\u2019s very light, yet this time I know not to take that for granted. I have to be mindful not to aggravate it, to limit my range of motion until it\u2019s completely healed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, let\u2019s get into it\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDid You Miss Me?\u201d<\/a> posted on August 13, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Okay, this post kinda made me cringe. I found so many errors, but not only that, I just overall didn\u2019t like it. However, I\u2019m trying not to be so hard on myself, so I\u2019ve forced myself to pick something that I like about it. But first, let me talk about what I didn\u2019t like\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did I Write That?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The opening was disappointing. Take a look:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s up, guys!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just kidding — I will probably never write that greeting again. It’s so ubiquitous on YouTube, and I watch a lot of YouTube, so I thought I would bring it here.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I guess I was trying to be cute, or tongue and cheek by using an opening that was often used on a lot of the YouTube videos that I watched. But I was confused by the second paragraph where I mentioned that I will probably never use that greeting again, but in the following sentence I said I wanted to bring it here?… Okay, now that I think about it, it kinda makes more sense, now that I\u2019m explaining it, but when I initially read it, I was like, what? <\/em> I think it would have been better, clearer if I wrote:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s so ubiquitous on YouTube, and I watch a lot of YouTube, so I thought I would bring it here this one time for fun.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think adding that last phrase would have rounded it out better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next, the transition to the third paragraph is a bit jarring to me. First I opened with this little YouTube greeting joke, then moved right into explaining the post\u2019s title with no correlation between the two. To be honest, I\u2019m not sure how to rectify that other than to put an asterisk by the \u201cwhat\u2019s up guys\u201d and then put the second paragraph as a footnote at the bottom of the post which would improve the flow. That way only people who really cared could venture down to the bottom of the post and get that extra little tidbit of information about the \u201cwhat\u2019s up, guys\u201d greeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moving on to the fourth paragraph \u2013 I read it and was like, what? <\/em>Here it is so you can see what I mean:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s only because attempting to write posts that I spend more time composing rather than the last-minute posts I usually do here, you know, like this one here.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After reading it several times, my only guess is that I meant to insert \u201cI\u2019ve been\u201d between \u201cattempting\u201d and \u201cto write,\u201d but because I was writing so last-minute, it somehow didn\u2019t transfer from my head to the page. But not only that, the way I put, \u201cusually do here,\u201d then \u201clike this one here\u201d is just not the best choice of words. That sentence should have been rewritten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another thing I noticed is that the last sentence in the seventh paragraph should have ended in a question mark. It read:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wonder what’s going on, will they come back.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then there\u2019s the last paragraph:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, like I said, I’m still here. So grateful that you are too, and I’ll get back with you.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That feels like an abrupt ending. I would have liked to have more completion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to these spelling, grammar and sentence structure issues, I feel like this is a woe-is-me post. I feel like I\u2019m somewhat complaining and showing a lack of confidence. I feel like I\u2019m frustrated with myself for not being perfect, rather than understanding that imperfections are to be expected, especially when I was attempting something that I didn\u2019t do on a regular basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now Let\u2019s Skip to the Good Part\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I liked that I used a pop-cultural reference like the \u201cMartin\u201d show.  I like that I was trying, which may seem like a contradiction to what I said in the previous paragraph, but it was the lack of grace I showed myself with my trying that is upsetting more so than me trying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I liked that I referenced current events like Kamala Harris, who had just been tapped to be Joe Biden\u2019s running mate, and the NBA bubble \u2013 I was obsessed with watching the vlogs from the players on YouTube. I was particularly fascinated by how regular these high-achievers where. Like even if they were bench warmers that I\u2019d never heard of before, achieving that status was still an incredible feat given the fact that not many people make it to the league.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The thing I Learned About Myself\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was reminded that I have wide interests and I need to build my confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All right, we only have one more critique. Which post will it be? Join me as I finish this journey\u2026right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLet\u2019s Make it Wednesday,\u201d<\/a> from April 19, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Okay, this post is the most embarrassing of all five. The missing words and grammatical errors are off the chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, once again, I\u2019m writing at the last-minute, explaining why I didn\u2019t have something ready when I promised I would. If there\u2019s one thing I\u2019ve been consistent at it\u2019s underestimating how much time it takes to write these posts. This is not a last-minute job, at least not for me \u2013 not yet. Maybe after I do it consistently, I will have the skills to write something that\u2019s more polished at the last-minute, but for now, I need to plan accordingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I\u2019m forcing myself to say something good about this post, it would only be that at least I didn\u2019t leave my readers hanging. But man, oh man, I\u2019ve gotta fix this bad habit. I\u2019ll be interested in going back and reading the posts that, at that time, I mentioned were upcoming. Did I crank those out on time? Did I write them last-minute? Did I write them at all? Maybe they will be the source of my next critique.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, that\u2019s all I\u2019ll say for that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All right, there you have it. That\u2019s the last one. Yay! I did it. I read and critiqued my own writing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, I\u2019m not surprised by anything I discovered. I think I\u2019m a good writer, I just need to keep practicing so I can get better. I need to build my confidence so that I won\u2019t be so hard on myself. I need to plan better. I always mention upcoming stories that I\u2019m writing, yet it seems like more often than not, I don\u2019t get those stories out when I say I will, and that\u2019s largely due to the fact that I don\u2019t realize how long it\u2019s going to take me to write them. So I think going forward, I will write the story first, before I mention it, so that I can make sure that it will be ready when I say it\u2019s going to be ready. But in the meantime, at least for the rest of this month, prepare to get more last-minute stories. I also need to read more to get better at sentence structure and I just need to keep going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks for reading.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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