First post in over 4 months. Honestly haven't even opened my note editor in that long as well. A lot happened in my life over the last 4 months, and while I've on and off wanted to write I simply haven't made myself do it.
As usual, I've distracted myself with other things, new toys, new hobbies. It's truly a classic move for me. But I think more deeply there was this desire for every post on this site to be... useful or informative. To have utility to someone that wasn't me. To be worth someone else's time.
I think that desire has prevented me from being consistent. I let perfect be the enemy of good, of consistency.
I think this reflection has made me realize that I should probably just write, it doesn't have to be deep or take me an hour to edit and re-edit. I just need to do it.
So the next few blog posts will probably be quite small. On that note, here's a bulleted list of the things that I've been experiencing and meaning to just word-vomit about:
- I've moved across the country a. It was fairly stressful, and I basically left behind all my family and friends but I'm not too bothered. It's not the first time I've done such a thing and I find that generally my relationships are not that high maintenance. I moved to be with my partner after a loss that required them to move home.
- I tried building the new gaming PC that I talked about in a previous blog post a. Unfortunately the MSI motherboard I bought was dead on arrival. And I've sent it back to them for repairs under warranty. Haven't heard back but it's been less than a week and they said it would probably take 2. Here's hoping I don't have to think about the MUCH heftier cost that it would now be to replace it. Not only due to tariffs but also because I got the original one at a discount
- My job is threatened by the turmoil in the US government and general job market. a. Here's hoping I'm not laid off as I have a tooth cleaning I need to attend in a few months and I would like to have insurance so I can afford it
- I've realized I've become unable to spend time not being entertained. I sit, I scroll YT shorts. I lay down, I browse BlueSky. I go to my computer, I must play a game or watch a video. I think the worst is just the inability to not pull my phone out when at rest. a. In the name of changing things, and through the inspiration of bloggers such as 82Mhz, BASIC, and that Technology Connections videoI like the idea of just going back to basics. Avoiding the endless scrolling, curating my feeds through forcing myself to use RSS and the small web to find things to read and occupy my mind rather than allow myself to just be fed entertainment.
- I've been addicted to Final Fantasy XIV Online a. playing it with my partner has been great but sometimes I want to make so much more progress than they have energy for... I'm MSQ gated now HAHAHA
That being said hopefully I can just write short little posts that just share cool stuff I've seen without elaborated commentary and at least post once every two weeks like I told myself I would. I might even transition my little static site to use a builder so that the - frankly monotonous - work of updating a .html file isn't a barrier either.
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