10Q, and real reflection

I love everything about this.

“Thanks to new technologies like texting and Twitter, people have more opportunities than ever to express themselves, but fewer than ever to express themselves well,” said 10Q co-founder Ben Greenman, a New Yorker editor. “What 10Q wants people to do is what people should want to do for themselves — to reflect on life without worrying about status updates.”

 As I'm taking the small steps each day to get this business up and running, I feel like a lot of the actions are running counter to the goals that are driving them in the first place. Nowadays, blog posts and Twitter updates are the way to "get noticed" or "build a following" - and they are free - so I'm doing them, using them to plant seeds of ideas or connect with other like-minded folks. But it doesn't feel like connection, of course, since there's so much chaos in all of the talking going on, and those like-minded folks never come over for dinner or anything (they're online). And there's this pressure, to post-post-post, and do it ever more quickly, saysomethingsaysomethingsaysomething, to the point where it feels like there isn't time to think.

Anyway. I've rambled enough on this topic for today. I think 10Q looks like a great process for slowing down and spending some time with your own inner knowing. Check it out for yourself, won't you? More information about 10Q here; sign up here.

And thanks to @rachelwcole, who of course alerted me to this great project via Twitter.