Are we documenting too much?

Fog forms when the difference between air temperature and dew point is less than 2.5 °C (4.5 °F). Fog begins to form when water vapor condenses into tiny water droplets that are suspended in the air.

I woke up to lovely fog this morning.

Being a photographer my first reaction was to go outside. Snapped a few photos before heading into town. As I cycled & took photos (a compact camera plus quiet streets allows cycling and photography to take place at the same time) I felt the happiness I tend to feel around the colder months. Empty streets and misty mornings are right up there for me.

The photo below was taken at a local shopping mall. For an unknown reason they put a massive parking lot around the mall. It might get used if there is an event on but most of the time it is used by Bolt drivers or people learning how to drive.

A parking lot of a local shopping mall.
Paved paradise.

Sundays are the most creative day of the week for me. This one even more so because tomorrow is a public holiday which means I can really do some creative work.

Here is a list of things which rolled around in my mind this morning as I sipped an overpriced coffee.

  1. Write a second newsletter. Something shorter, more focused on what I read on Substack. A good way to build community.
  2. Thought about the Substack app. How is the new layout for you? I skip the reels button completely (haven’t clicked it yet). The Subscriptions ‘page’ is my favorite in terms of layout.
  3. I’d like to see more website links from the authors on Substack. One of my go-to is Seth Werkheiser’s website. A perfect example of building something for yourself outside the realm of algorithms.

This is perhaps a bit left field or it might not since I’m writing things down to an audience – what are your thoughts on documenting your life?

I won’t ever go a far as a reality show does where everything gets shown or shared but this is definitely more than I would have thought about a few years ago. Is this level of documenting normal? Is it small talk on the internet?

I’d like to read your thoughts here or on Substack.

Enjoy your Sunday and thanks for reading : )

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