I have a small addiction. A tiny one really. To Twitter.
No, now don't laugh. I can hear you from here. It's a real thing. I have to get my daily dose of what's going on with all the tweeps I follow. And I often check far more often than just once a day.
I use twitter to catch up, to meet new people, to promote my writing (including this blog and my other, more professional blog), and for external validation. Granted that last one isn't the most healthy, but let's face it, we all like to hear that we're awesome from people that we think are awesome.
And all the people I follow on twitter are pretty awesome. There is a huge contingent of people from Hamilton that tweet. The #HamOnt hashtag. I truly and greatly admire the people in this city who are striving to make this city all it can be. This contingent seems to be made up of young people living and working in Hamilton, making it better than it was.
We have a truly great city here, right under our feet. We have incredible restaurants from a wide range of cultures. We have beautiful walking and bike trails, not to mention all the waterfalls! We have an booming and diverse art culture that draws thousands of people to our James North Art Crawl every second Friday of the month. Not to mention the tremendous Steel City music scene. This is a great city! I'm so glad to be a part of it.
And it's the people who drive it. I don't want to drop twitter names, because I'm sure to miss someone (because there are so many... but if you're looking for some pivotal folks try @kitestring and @HPSActionTeam4) and then I'd feel bad. They all play an important role in changing Hamilton for the better. These committed, personable, and engaged people.
They are inspirational to people like me. And I want to be one of them. One of these days I'll figure out how to do it. How to make Hamilton better. To contribute to the cause of making Hamilton all it can be.
I heart Hamilton!
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