How do I communicate best?

That is a question I've been thinking about all day.  My mom said something to me this morning (She's one of my 4 readers.  Oh yeah, I said 4.  This is getting out of control!)  She mentioned that maybe I communicate better through writing than I do verbally.  That's totally thrown me for a loop.  Is that true?  If so, crap.  I talk all the time.  I almost never write.  This blog being the exception of course. (Leave me alone)

So, let me start with what I know.  I know for a fact that I suck at communicating through text.  I have a lot of evidence to back that up.  My meaning, my sarcasm, my true self just does not come across through text.  That sucks, but it's the truth.  What else do I know?  I know that I use way too many words.  I've always known that I use too many words when I write (sorry) but I've only recently realized that I also use too many words when I talk (Thank you again mom. Seriously.)  I had no idea.  I honestly thought that talking was my bread and butter.  Dude, how many different ways can you be wrong?

So I've been thinking all day, how do I communicate best?  Maybe it's actually through a medium like this.  Maybe, just maybe, it's through writing.  I wonder.  Here's the hardest part...I can't answer that question myself.  I thought it was my verbal skills...yeah, not so much.  Apparently.  Through text?  I know that's not the way.  Do I communicate best through writing?  Oh my gosh!!!  What if I do?  I never write.  OK.  I never wrote before this blog.  Again, the 4 of you need to cut me some slack.  I'm still trying to figure all of this out.

I have a problem though with the whole writing thing.  My problem?  I prefer face-to-face.  I prefer that by a large margin.  So what am I supposed to do?  I figure I need to do the same thing I do on this blog, but I need to do it way faster.  What does that mean?  I'll try to explain.  I actually type WAY more on this blog than what the 4 of you actually get to read.  I do a ton of editing before I click on the publish button.  Why?  I use too many words.  I edit this blog to get rid of all of the extraneous crap.  I hope it's working.  I actually had a boss recently who would proofread some of my emails and would point out where I used too many words.  He was a Berkeley grad, which means he was way smarter than me by default, but I really appreciated his input.  He would take 15 words and turn them into 5.  It was awesome!  I think I'm getting better at that here, but I'm not sure I've figured it out when talking.  I hope I'm getting better there too.  The 4 of you will have to let me know the next time we talk.

I have to say, this entire week has been totally liberating.  I never expected that to happen, but it did.  Please allow me to look up to Heaven and say, "Thank you."  With that, once again, I'm out!!