Nearly a week into September, and coming off a summer blogging break, I’ve had to get myself back in the mindset of writing daily again.
Producing a personal blog with daily content is a lot of work after all.
Not that I’m alone in this kind of effort.
A summer break, as much as it was an interruption in my daily routine, was also a good chance to spend some of my screen time consuming the work of others for a while rather than putting my head down and creating my own.
After all, almost eighteen months into this pandemic, all those other folks who eked out from a world-changing, soul-crushing medical lockdown an opportunity to pursue their passion project — like writing a blog, recording a podcast, or even producing a Youtube channel — many of those folks are now also (as much as) eighteen months into that passion project and seemingly in the mood to share some thoughts on their success.
Like, just this morning I watched a video by an online creator who spent fifteen minutes meandering through the story of her decision to start vlogging about her hobby in March 2020 and the many ways it has changed her life since.
It’s that same old story.
Or at least it’s the same old-but-new story.
In the wake of this terrible moment in history, someone with a curious hobby takes to the internet to fill the digital spaces with their words, photos, art, thoughts, ideas, and opinions.
Time passes.
Lives change.
Positive vibes spread.
My own story fits into that same narrative family, though my success is still something that is (a) much more modest than some of the people I follow back, and (b) largely accidental as I stick to my core philosophy of just writing what I like and not caring much if it ever becomes more than that.
A summer break cemented that resolve to keep building on that story and continuing to see where it takes me.
Letting time pass.
Maybe changing a few lives.
Spreading positive vibes all over the world.
But I do need to work myself back into that daily blogging habit again. And it’s a lot more work than you might think.