resurrection

Okay, it's time to give blogging a serious go. But why?

Over the last couple months I've found myself driven to solidify my social media accounts. By that I mean that I started trying to really use them for something instead of just having them lying around. I had a Pinterest account that was practically defunct, a Twitter feed I hadn't checked in ages, and a Vine login & password when I didn't even have the app on my phone anymore.

So I decided to go through all those apps & accounts and figure out if I could use them in some objective way. Pinterest became a repository for quotes, jokes, memes, Welsh stuff, language-learning articles, and wedding plans. I scoured Twitter of accounts I no longer wanted to follow, followed a bunch of new ones, and started checking it a little more frequently. I'm still in the process of figuring out Vine, but I at least took the step of connecting with family members there, so I've had some laughs.

I recognize that this might all sound very silly. Who cares this much about social media and apps and organization? I'll grant that it's not very important. There are many other things in life that take far greater precedence: family, friends, education, employment, health & fitness, recreation, religion, etc. Those all warrant much more attention than electronic diversions, and I've set goals accordingly in each category, working hard to improve.

But I nevertheless still do a lot online: I spend 8+ hours per weekday on a computer at work, I have my phone with me constantly, many of my interests involve technology and being connected with current events & other people, and I have the type of personality that loves to acquire new information, catalogue it, and store it for later reference. Combine all of that, and my recent 'project' makes a little more sense. I think all of these accounts and apps can have a purpose, can fulfill a need, and refining something will make it more useful, there's no reason not to go for it.

Anyway. All of that is to say that there's still a bit of a void left to be filled, and I think a blog can do the trick. I initially created a blog partly because it was the hip thing to do (psh) and partly because I wanted something akin to a more-public journal, a place where I could say to friends and family, hey, this is what I've been up to lately and these are my thoughts. Other platforms, like Facebook and Tumblr, could possibly take up the slack, but not in exactly the way I'd like them to. Hence: blog.

I'm going to make more of an effort to update, and at some point in the near future I'll link to the blog on Facebook and other outlets. I'm not trying to demand attention or anything, but I think this could be fun and useful. We'll see, I guess.

hwyl