While brevity is a strength of this blog, it is also unfortunately a weakness where the question form is concerned.
I made the last question I asked on a particular goal a little too short, so many who answered did not fully understand my intentions.
I am concerned, however, that part of this is because many readers skim through this site pretty quickly.
TajLV is campaigning flat out till Nov. 4
it is automatically sent via email to everyone in the 43T community who has completed the corresponding goal and indicated a “willingness to help” others complete it.
Here’s the email I received as a result of your question:
This email is being sent to people willing to answer questions about drink more water, including you! jaklumen asked this question:
Powerade, Gatorade, concentration?
Clicking on that link takes you the question section, not to your entries. I suggest that if you want advice on a goal from others who have achieved it, make your question specific. I used to think drinking coffee was the same as drinking water because it contains it, but it’s not. Neither is drinking beer, unfortunately.
I do hope your spinal situation improves. I go to a chiropractor and he’s helped me a lot.
I seem to get this a lot in general irl anyways.
My point was not “oh no, the question didn’t link to my entry”, my point was “gee, the question box was so teeny tiny that I didn’t feel I had a lot of room to be specific”.
You just finely illustrated the other nuances of my post where readers miss the subtleties I failed to make blunt because they are reading rather quickly to begin with.
Or maybe again, it’s what people tell me—that I am inclined to begin in the middle of a thought, even the middle of a sentence, and work out to the ends :P
TajLV is campaigning flat out till Nov. 4
looks small, but you can write up to 250 characters (including spaces).
Even when I subscribe to a person, I still miss a lot of his/her posts. They may be buried in a thread or lost amid an avalanche of communication. I don’t think it’s a fault of the system. Those who sincerely want to help or be helped get a lot out of the question function, whether it’s compassion during hard times, suggestions on ways to quit a bad habit. Namaste. :)
Adar cheered this 6 months ago
