The Start of Something New - Part 2: Electric Boogaloo

So I guess we should call this a rousing success

Ok, so maybe not abandoning this thing after 1 post is far from a success, but considering the incredibly low bar I'm judging personal success lately I'm chalking this one up in the win column. I have discovered that as I am dealing with some ongoing personal issues, having this to focus on is giving me a great outlet channel my creativity into. Which surprisingly helps me to be more productive in general. So since I'm going to be continuing this for the foreseeable future, I'd like to talk about what I intend to us this blog for.

Things to not discuss unless you are looking for a fight

There are a lot of different directions in which I thought about taking this thing. Becoming a pseudo-expert on one topic and creating a brand around that one thing seems to be the fasts way to internet/blogger stardom. But does the internet really need another "expert" on relationships, parenting, cooking, fashion, blogging, tech or SEO? (Considering how long it took me to find an unused blog address, the answer is apparently yes, yes it does.)

I however, am not particularly interested in following the well worn path of 'how to create a non-traditional career in 3 easy steps!' What I am interested in doing is creating a place for me to discuss topics in which I find interesting. You aren't going to see a lot of a deep dive into topics of religion or politics, but if you want an interesting take on a smaller news story one week, followed by a discussion of existential ideas the next, this might be the place for you.

Congrats on pursuing a dying medium

For years people have been proclaiming the death of the written word. The refrain of 'nobody reads anymore is said so often if you had a nickel for every time you heard it you'd probably be a 1%er by now. Yet amongst all of the uploads, likes, retweets, pokes, pins and upvotes I still believe writing has value. As much as social media tries to condense thought and opinions into micro-conversations I don't think a well research and presented opinion can be expressed in 140 characters or less. So I will be using this blog for long form essays and opinion pieces.

Will people read them? Maybe, maybe not. But I believe that the value of something doesn't have to be derived from how favorable the popular opinion of it is. Often times the value of something is derived from simply that it exists.

So until next time,

May your selfie stick break and your phone fall into an open sewer.