Hey y'all. So I've enjoyed writing these blogs. Too much, in fact. I keep track of what I write, and my blog wordcount overwhelms the rest. And it's the least important of my work. There's so much out there in the world I want to do, including find a new job, learn a new language, and write things that are publishable. This blog, quite frankly, is more of a self-serving place to vent my observations on things. While I'm proud of some of the things here, most of it is just kind of there, at best ideas unpolished and not entirely coherent.
It's been a fun exercise, and has stretched me in ways I needed to be stretched. However, the passion for it is gone, weighed down as I am with real world concerns. I need to be able to express myself as either a way to gain in life or as a way to communicate with others, not simply put my own opinions out there into the void. While having a popular blog would have been fun, I never had a consistent enough series of work on this site for people to have anything to expect -- again, it's all been pretty self-indulgent.
In any case, I'm stopping the blog now, with no plans to bring it back. It's just another thing on my plate causing me stress, and I need to simplify. No nagging inner thoughts about keeping it up. I like writing here a lot, but it's profitless for a variety of reasons. Will I write more again later? Perhaps. Not sooner than a year, and no guarantees after that. I don't want this to be a rant-fest, if it does. I want to have consistent, good content, that's both clear and regularly posted. Something I have neither the time nor inspiration for at this point. That, and I'd probably want to put it on a different site.
So, farewell. I'm leaving things up, so browse through it, if you like.
It's been a fun exercise, and has stretched me in ways I needed to be stretched. However, the passion for it is gone, weighed down as I am with real world concerns. I need to be able to express myself as either a way to gain in life or as a way to communicate with others, not simply put my own opinions out there into the void. While having a popular blog would have been fun, I never had a consistent enough series of work on this site for people to have anything to expect -- again, it's all been pretty self-indulgent.
In any case, I'm stopping the blog now, with no plans to bring it back. It's just another thing on my plate causing me stress, and I need to simplify. No nagging inner thoughts about keeping it up. I like writing here a lot, but it's profitless for a variety of reasons. Will I write more again later? Perhaps. Not sooner than a year, and no guarantees after that. I don't want this to be a rant-fest, if it does. I want to have consistent, good content, that's both clear and regularly posted. Something I have neither the time nor inspiration for at this point. That, and I'd probably want to put it on a different site.
So, farewell. I'm leaving things up, so browse through it, if you like.
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