I've inadvertently made this a series about starting a blog. I haven't yet started what exactly this blog is supposed to be, which is recording what I've been up to.

Part of the reason why is that my birthday's coming up (in between when this post comes up and when the next post comes up should be my birthday) and I think it would be nice to be starting the real recording part of my blog as I turn 22.

I will admit to you that another reason why is that this is kind of the "introduction" portion of my blog and it's nerve-wracking to imagine actually starting. I honestly might not even start it once I turn 22, I think a birthday might be a good time to introduce myself and that might be the next post (I think I can count that as the start of the real blog).

To conclude the series of introductory posts I'll convince myself this was a good idea by listing the all the reasons that I can think of it being a good idea in 10 minutes and also maybe I can list bad reasons. That way, I can maybe convince you to try this out to, by making this sort of a pros and cons list.

Is this a good idea?

The reasons why this could be a good idea all revolve around what this could turn into:

First off, this could be the final form of a longform journal. I've always wanted to start a longform journal and I know that it's great especially for mindfulness as it helps recenter oneself. It could also be an eventual source of pride as I list all the stuff that I've been able to accomplish about the things that I care enough about to put a lot of time into and share with you.

Second, it's a way for me to be able to control how I'm online. I haven't been enjoying being online in platforms or other social media websites, but I have more control here. Maybe over time I can get more confident about using these platforms but I like what I have here.

Is a personal blog good for people other than myself? Well honestly this sort of thing is a good repository of information in general. As I hope to share things with you I also hope that the way I put stuff down and tell people how things are going can help them. It also isn't my main goal but if I'm thinking about what can benefit other people, I'm hoping to connect different people that are passionate about the things I'm passionate about.

Is this a bad idea?

Like I said, all of why this could be a good idea revolves around what this could amount to in the future. The issue with that comes because I sometimes have a hard time committing. It really does make you feel bad to get started on a project that you care about and not have followed it through, and this might be another version of that, sitting here without any updates for months without anything else recording what I'm doing. Hopefully I do this for a good while, but i can guarantee that because y'know, sometimes you just get tired.

Another thing is that things that are online are online forever, nothing can change that. As soon as things are posted they don't go away from you. I'm basically permanently affixing this website and basically everything that I write on it onto my digital footprint, and that's scary.

Getting on with it

All the while I've been writing about having a blog, I have felt good about having a blog. I hope I follow through with it and we see the good ideas manifest.