As I’m writing this (February 7th), I’m on a plane headed from Seattle to San Jose, Costa Rica with a stopover in Phoenix. I’m going as part of a group of amateur (ham) radio operators where we’re just going to have a lot of fun doing our radio thing from the home of a radio amateur there who has a great station.
The plane flight time totals are almost eight hours. The elapsed time is about 13-hours. I’m fortunate that I scored a first-class upgrade on the flight segment from Phoenix to Costa Rica and I can have nice people wait on me, have more leg room, can work the Bose headphones tied into the iPod, and actually use my laptop that I’m taking along to do radio stuff. People think I’m radio crazy, of course, but it’s part of my passion.
It’s great technology, being able to rock out to my favorite tunes with the Bose headset and iPod while tuning out the plane, the people, and have the room to work the PC. It’s such a score!
But the fun reminds me of something else: it is our passions that give us the juice to our lives. It is the people we are with (and I’m missing my sweetie already and I haven’t been gone a day as I write this) and the work we do that make the difference.
Yes, this blog is about technology for writers. How you can use technology to market your work.
But, technology is a tool. It is something to use. Not the real deal.
The real deal is your passion about writing. The real deal is what makes you excited. The real deal is the people you enjoy being with. The real deal is what attracts you to your work and in your life.
Not technology. I think what I do here on Ten Keyboards is important. I want to help you understand technology in a writer’s context.
But the real deal is the passion for writing. Which I have. I hope you do too.
Go hug your favorite person this Valentines Day. Tell them you love being with them. Tell them that they inspire you in all that you do. Go give them an extra hug and tell them I can’t hug my sweetie this Valentines Day so they get an extra one.
Life is about passion and the people you love, not technology.
Happy Valentines Day.
Scot
