My name is Aled Gwyn Job and I live in North-West Wales in the UK. I run a media platform called A Way With Words Cymru on X. I am also a published author/ghostwriter, with six books/ebooks to my
Gwlad Gwlad Introverts Aloud Yr Aflonyddwch Mawr( The Great Disturbance) Llythyr Noel( Noel's Letter) The Stamp of Innocence Y Sgowsar(The Scouser)
I started my posting journey on Twitter(now X) back in 2020, and by now I have a readership of 9,170. Most are based in Wales/UK, but I also have many readers in the US and other nations too.
Recently, a friend suggested to me it might be an idea to collate my tweets since 2020 and present them in the form of an e-book, and 'Just Post It' was developed from that initial idea.
It's certainly been an interesting process to go through these posts and see how society has developed over the period in question and how my own thought processes have evolved over the past 4 years or so as well.
It's been amazing to see the rise of X these past couple of years and how posting has now become such an important and influential process in our society today. Indeed you could describe it as the new citizen journalism of our age.
With the reach of X(almost a billion users)all over the world, making this a particularly potent form of journalism too. It's now not just a matter of reporting on what's happening in our world, it's actually shaping our world as well.
Because of the constant expression of thought and ideas on the platform and the sharing of these thoughts and ideas far and wide. It's the embodiment of what's called a networked society, where influence flows horizontally rather than vertically as in the past.
There certainly does seem to an immediacy and power associated with on-line writing today which seems to putting much of the legacy media in the shade,as well as conventional political narratives as well.
It's as if the old adage 'I think, therefore I am' has now been supplanted by 'I Post therefore I Am' today!
I post to express my opinions, to inform, to share, to educate, to challenge and to inspire where I can.
I find tweeting to be a very creative and fulfilling process, which really enables me to articulate myself fully in life.
Every individual has their own posting strategy, with some opting to plan out and schedule their content in great detail. Each to his own of course, but I'm more of a spontaneous poster, preferring to go 'where the spirit leads me' from day to day.
There is so much inspiration for material provided on X every the 'collective consciousness of humanity' as it has been described by its founder, Elon Musk.
But I also find inspiration for my posts from the world of nature in the form of my daily 1.5 walk every afternoon. These walks invariably lead to fresh insights and ideas which I can apply for next day's writing.
I would recommend this screen time(morning on -line work)to green time(walks in nature) balance to everyone! I am so fortunate to live in a beautiful part of the world here in North-West Wales where I can easily step out into nature every day.
Technology is an essential part of our modern lives of course. But we also have a deep, deep craving and need for nature. This is literally built into us as humans I believe.
I hope you all enjoy reading my thoughts on here and I'll leave you with this question...
When are you going to start sharing your thoughts with the world?!