Mea culpa. My last post on WillSpirit ended up serving as a first draft for an essay on my PsychCentral blog, Guideposts to Happiness. My plan has been to avoid doing that, but while traveling I found it expedient to post more or less the same text in both places. I’ll try to refrain from such laziness, because the two sites are supposed to have different foci.

Guideposts grew out of an experiment here, wherein I posted suggestions or tips for living every day or so for a while. The formula struck me as an approach that might be of specific usefulness to others. The fact that I helped myself by spelling out the various steps I take to maintain within the bounds of sanity increased my enthusiasm. John Grohol, the force behind PsychCentral, was kind enough to give me a venue there on the strength of this idea.

WillSpirit, in contrast, has always been my forum for sorting out ideas, not giving advice. It has helped me figure out my attitudes toward mental illness, spirituality, and acceptance, which it turns out are all closely related in my case. At times this site has hosted some interesting conversations. It is surprisingly the case that even a sparsely read blog can bring people together. I was glad to relocate the tips for living idea onto a site where it would both reach more people and leave me free to ramble with my usual purposeful randomness here.

‘Make new friends but keep the old.‘ In summer camp, long, long ago, we used to sing those words around a campfire, while battling swarms of ravenous mosquitoes. Looking at the poor job I’ve done of maintaining friendships through my various crises, it appears the well-worn saying had little effect on me, even put to music. But I do look at WillSpirit, and especially its audience, as dear old friends. In the future I’ll try not to short-shrift it, or you. I will do my best to keep on track with my original intent: to voice my evolving positions on life in general, as I see things from the perspective of my particular circumstances.

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