A blog I happened to read some while ago (how I got there, I no longer remember) pointed out a common feature of many blogs: all too frequently, they descend into endless ranting.

…one thing I have realized is that posting without complaining is a hard thing to do. About a year ago I decided I wanted to try to only post positive things and my post volume has been through the floor ever since. I guess it’s just a lot of fun to post to the world and bitch about whatever it is you feel is wrong with what’s going on. Hence forth, I’m rejecting that position and returning to criticizing all that I think is crap.

Just like the author of that blog, I decided – already when I started this blog – that I would stay away from complaining. I wanted to blog about things I would want to remember and be reminded of later – and to spend my time thinking and writing about things that are worth thinking and writing about. Nevertheless, here I am, in that same sinkhole of complaining.

But unlike that guy, I do NOT want to return to “criticizing all that I think is crap”. On the contrary, I think it is time for betterment. I hereby resolve to stop complaining.