Worth reading? or, 5 things on my mind

I like to be self-critical, to analyze the crap out of my lot in life and how I choose to spend my efforts. I'm fortunate enough to have an amazing friend, Sheryl, who likes to do the same, so we feed off of each other. What's even more powerful is that I can slap some thoughts on this here page, and somebody else might benefit from it.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. -Benjamin Franklin

I remember this quote whenever I sit down to blog. How is this worth reading? What benefit could others get from this?

What I've decided is that those questions aren't mine to answer. This, my personal blog, is an outlet for me to create a conversation with the world that may or may not be well-received (or received at all).

I have faith that some people are receptive to hearing others' points of view, or being cued into where others spend their energy. In that light, here's where I've put some of my thoughts lately.

1. Fading attraction and its relationship to commitment
   
   I think it's possible to stay attracted to someone forever, but in the event that physical attraction isn't there anymore, people can make the choice to stay committed to the person they love for purely emotional reasons. I guess I would expect that to be the case in a potential partner, but the idea of being in an attraction-less committed relationship (or having someone feel obligated to me in that way) makes me a little sad.
   


2. Volunteering my time means more, but is less economical
   
   It's more rewarding for me to give of my time than to give my money and ask others for money. It seems more genuine and outwardly focused of me. I do, however, recognize that groups need money as well, in order to keep up their good works. So I'll also donate when I can... and, economically speaking, if I have the choice between earning money and giving, and doing work I'm not well-suited for, I'm theoretically doing a group more good by giving. In related news, I've been volunteering quite a bit. In fact, last week was the first of four consecutive weekends where I'm donating one of the two days to helping others.
   


3. Regurgitated technobabble
   
   There are a lot of powerful technology leaders on my twitter and in my RSS feed reader. Most of them do an amazing job of disseminating new, or at least interesting, information. For my part, I tend to focus on things that I do (like code that I write) when I post on my MSDN blog. But as a connected person, I understand I may be more in tune with happenings in the tech world than others who read my articles. So I've decided to focus at least some of my attention on highlighting awesomeness around the community, even if it becomes blasé to me.
   


4. Motivation to restart my running regimen
   
   I'm being a bit of a wuss when it comes to my running routine. I have had some time where I could've run a few times this week, and I just think back to what a struggle it was when I tried to get started last time, and find some way to rationalize it away. I did learn last time, however, that my lungs depend on muscles and need rest, so when I had days where I felt short on breath, that was why. This time around, I might be able to avoid getting hurt by cross-training with my bike. With the longer days, I'm running out of excuses.
   


5. You are a gift to me
   
   Having this outlet is very empowering. I don't really know who you might be, but you give me a great gift by reading. I feel strength from (and am humbled by) knowing that you might have some interest in what I have to say. Thank you.