SAWE, you speak about "progress reports" as if they were something that already existed. To the best of my knowledge my posting about them yesterday is the first time they've been mentioned here on PC. And, as I said in reply to you yesterday, each person can decide for themselves whether they think it would be helpful for them to post a progress report here.

I had asked you yesterday what a "private forum" is. I still do not know. You haven't answered me. As for anyone else's private forum, why would you make the comment you did about taking over someone else's?

I think we're talking about two different things here. It sounds as if you're talking about what I would call "psychological" clarity: a clarity of internal understanding that includes but is not limited to emotions, other nonverbal mental constructs and insights that would be very difficult (if possible at all) to put down on paper. I'm not talking about that kind of clarity. The clarity to which I refer is much, much simpler: grammatical clarity, the clarity of organized self-expression in words, editorial clarity. And quite a few people here on PC could use some help on that.

In general, SAWE, your attitude is hostile and unfriendly. I'm not quite sure why, other than that you've misinterpreted what I've offered here in an entirely friendly and helpful spirit. There are no hidden tricks or traps involved. Something in what I've written really offends you, for which I'm sorry, but I haven't the least intention, conscious or unconscious, to be offensive or to suggest to others that they do something that may in some way hurt them.

I invite any of the admins to review this thread, such as it is, and tell me if they conclude that anything proposed in this thread violates any PC policy, intrudes on the privacy of PC members or is in any other way improper or dangerous. If any of the admins so conclude, then I want nothing to do with the thread myself. This is an entirely good faith effort on my part but, not knowing even a small part of everything, I'm perfectly happy to abide by the judgment of others more qualified than myself. And you are not a member of that subset.

I personally found that taking stock, reflecting on what T and I have done in a certain period of time, whether we've set goals and achieved them or not, and what progress I've made, and then trying to express it all in writing, has been a very helpful process. For me. And I've offered up my own example here so that others could understand what I've been doing and, if they want to, do the same. If no one wants to do that, fine. If some do, fine too. I really don't believe that your position or attitude are helpful to others here on PC who certainly can make up their minds for themselves. You see more downsides in this project than I do. Fine. People reading this thread can read both our posts and decide what they want to do. However, I do not at all believe that your words or your tone are appropriate for what I've suggested in this thread. Take care.