Wow, Tad, thank you for your Mightier Acorns of candor and guidance — and yes, the mention of Projectkin.Substack.com. That's very sweet of you.
I appreciate your candor about ego. I think that's very true, but more potent for expressing it, and complimenting it with the vital guidance about critical thinking. What a fantastic way to start the year.
So many of us get into family history to "prove" or "disprove" a story we were told. In our zeel to accomplish THAT mission, we're destined to throw critical thinking to the winds. Honestly, that's just when we need it most. By circling this back to our audience, you've recognized the power of all of us as fellow travelers in this personal exploration of history. If we give up critical thinking now, we're no better than the politicians trying to rewrite national history.
Stay the course. This community is in the making, and we support each other in the performance as audience members and stagehands.
Projectkkin and Mission:Genealogy - and the teams that organize RootsTech... and the teams that run collaboration challenges at WikiTree - are all doing important work, and while I would like to be more active in that kind of work, I have been finding that anxiety issues and a few other personal challenges keep me from doing so.
Since you have all been kind and supportive of what I am able to do, I do my best to steer people your way.
You're so kind, Tad. Thank you. We all do the work we're best able to at any given time. I want to think that by the time we reach the age in life to engage in family history, we've also lived enough to appreciate the stresses and strains affecting others. 🙇♀️
Now that is a great post and just what I needed right now. I’ve been so focused on getting an audience from my close family and cousins, that I forgot about ‘me’. I AM writing for me. So what if I’m the only one reading it. I wrote it and so long as I substantiated my facts with documents, which may or may not be 100% correct, at least I have tried. Thanks for your post.
It’s like you pulled the thoughts out of my head! I write for me. I live reading others and having y’all read my work, but in the end, it’s me. And one thing I’ve come to realize is that researching and documenting all the facts in the world of an ancestor is just the beginning of getting to know who they were. The act of writing their story is when I truly come to know them.
Wow, Tad, thank you for your Mightier Acorns of candor and guidance — and yes, the mention of Projectkin.Substack.com. That's very sweet of you.
I appreciate your candor about ego. I think that's very true, but more potent for expressing it, and complimenting it with the vital guidance about critical thinking. What a fantastic way to start the year.
So many of us get into family history to "prove" or "disprove" a story we were told. In our zeel to accomplish THAT mission, we're destined to throw critical thinking to the winds. Honestly, that's just when we need it most. By circling this back to our audience, you've recognized the power of all of us as fellow travelers in this personal exploration of history. If we give up critical thinking now, we're no better than the politicians trying to rewrite national history.
Stay the course. This community is in the making, and we support each other in the performance as audience members and stagehands.
Projectkkin and Mission:Genealogy - and the teams that organize RootsTech... and the teams that run collaboration challenges at WikiTree - are all doing important work, and while I would like to be more active in that kind of work, I have been finding that anxiety issues and a few other personal challenges keep me from doing so.
Since you have all been kind and supportive of what I am able to do, I do my best to steer people your way.
You're so kind, Tad. Thank you. We all do the work we're best able to at any given time. I want to think that by the time we reach the age in life to engage in family history, we've also lived enough to appreciate the stresses and strains affecting others. 🙇♀️
Now that is a great post and just what I needed right now. I’ve been so focused on getting an audience from my close family and cousins, that I forgot about ‘me’. I AM writing for me. So what if I’m the only one reading it. I wrote it and so long as I substantiated my facts with documents, which may or may not be 100% correct, at least I have tried. Thanks for your post.
I figured I wasn't the only one who needed that!
Happy hunting!
It’s like you pulled the thoughts out of my head! I write for me. I live reading others and having y’all read my work, but in the end, it’s me. And one thing I’ve come to realize is that researching and documenting all the facts in the world of an ancestor is just the beginning of getting to know who they were. The act of writing their story is when I truly come to know them.
It’s about self expression for me too
Such great perspective, M.A. Just got started on the conversion thing, and the very doing of it is confusing. All advice welcome. :) https://thegoldenmean2040.substack.com/p/your-enthusiasm-my-gratitude-were