…or Feeding My Ego

I think I’m going to turn off the comments on Forty One Acres. I’ve read about others in the blogging field (if you in fact want to call it a field) doing the similar. Why would I do such a thing?

Well maybe before asking that I should wonder why I even have comments enabled at all on my site. Who am I writing for myself or others? I’ve been playing pong with this thought for a long time. I think I’m finally coming to the conclusion that I’m writing for myself and I really don’t need to have the commentary of others to validate my own thinking.

That last statement might be second nature to some, but for me is a departure from my norm. Since my early days of school I’ve wanted to be a part of the majority but at the same time I wanted to stand out. Kind of a double edged sword and fine line I was walking. So I took the hive mentality of teenage peer pressure and combined it with the individuality of a rockstar and crafted the person that I would be for many years.

The time has come for a change. As I come to the end of my undergrad collegiate career and begin to enter the workforce with a real career its time for me to step out of my comfort zone and state opinions on things that might not be highly favored. Its time for me to step out my comfort zone and not look for the approval of others to validate my opinion.

So with all of that being said, I believe its time to take down the comment section on FortyOneAcres. If someone really needs to state how they feel on a subject they are clearly free to email me, however for the most part comments will be removed from future posts*.

* = The Music Reviews and other reviews will still have comments as music is an art and should be actively discussed…