Published: 2025-01-29

Oh Blogging, What a Bother!

Sometimes, I'm not so certain if I enjoy blogging, or if I enjoy the idea of blogging. I know I like making things, both physical and digital, I know I like reading blogs, so why would I not enjoy blogging? I'm not sure, but I'm starting to question it. Maybe what I really need is time away from screens after a day job spent in front of them. It's also been an awfully busy start to 2025, with some stressful national politics.

Maybe what I need is to get off the internet altogether.

I'm just not sure. And maybe that's OK too! I'm still here writing something, aren't I? What I really think I would like to have on this blog is documentation of the in-real-life things I've built. I see two great benefits to this. The first being a personal log of my creations, a way to reflect and consider how the quality and complexity of projects I take on changes and grows. The other is being able to hopefully inspire others to build things themselves! I see a lot of blogs about digital technology, photography, current events, and sometimes art. What about the makerspace movement? What about everyone's own personal Hackadays. That's the type of blog I'd like to read more of. There's plenty of YouTube channels in that vein, but I don't need any more video in my life! I don't need to tell you, dear reader, that YouTube and blogging are far from the same thing.

Do you have any blogs to recommend to me?