Dance Like a Bee

I recently received a comment from a self-proclaimed regular follower who suggested that The Circular Journey should have a recognizable theme. Without one, he said, the blog feels like “a random collection of stories and essays about nothing in particular.”

To which I mentally replied, and with great flair: Exactly!

I genuinely enjoy hearing from readers. It shows they're paying attention and they care. That alone feels like a win to me. And to be fair, the reader isn't wrong. I’m not a life coach and I’m not a mental health expert. 

I write this blog mainly to laugh at the absurdities of my personal life. My goal is for readers to be amused, entertained, or at minimum, mildly confused but curious to read more. 

I aim to build a community of like-minded souls—people who understand that a squirrel on the windowsill might be a sign from the universe, or maybe just a squirrel making prolonged eye contact. I believe I’ve achieved my goal.

Many blogs indeed have themes. And I admire those who can say 'yes' to one and leave the others behind. I really do. Did you ever have to do that? Make a decision I mean. Give the nod to one and let the others ride?

The Circular Journey is deliberately about nothing in particular. It's like free-form jazz or interpretive dance. In that sense, it's like my favorite form of late-night entertainment—The Circular Journey is the podcast of blogs.

Take SmartLess or Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend—two of my favorite podcasts. They meander. They digress. They are, frankly, all over the place. And they are wildly successful. I'm also a big fan of StarTalk and Mindscape, which are science-themed but still manage to wander off-topic with humor and charm.

I’ve mentioned before that The Circular Journey owes a creative debt to Seinfeld, the beloved sitcom famously described as “a show about nothing.” It became one of the most popular TV shows of all time. Coincidence? Accident? I think not. 

I'm proud of my wayward little blog. And I hope you like it too. It doesn't have a theme and, perhaps even more surprising, it has an imaginary princess on its advisory board. And what's the upshot of that? It has a vibrant heartbeat, a lively spirit, and a distinct personality, and that's enough for me.

The Circular Journey is to nothing in particular, what Muhammad Ali was to boxing, what Michael Jackson was to choreography, and what your favorite Hawaiian shirt is to an otherwise respectable outfit: unexpected, unnecessary, but absolutely essential. 

And so I say, float like a butterfly, dance like a bee, and always circle back home.