Lately I’ve put a lot of thought into why I blog. A few months ago, it was because I had so many ideas to get out of my head I just had to do it. I came up with post after post about my different experiences and the things I’ve learned and developed opinions on over the years. For a while, I didn’t even know what writer’s block felt like.

I come here to talk about whatever I want. Sometimes it resonates with people and I have great conversations. Other times, for lack of better words, I’m just shouting into the void. That’s still pretty therapeutic though. I’m still processing and organizing thoughts through pretty blocks of text. Who knows, maybe a few years down the road some random person will stop by and relate to one of those old posts. Maybe they’ll drop me a little shoutout in the comments even.

That’s the beauty of the internet; it’s this constantly growing tapestry of information we can all add our own little patches to whenever we want. It’ll be there as long as the server it’s hosted on is still alive.

These days, I’m finding myself typing up essay style posts a lot less. Maybe it’s because I moved back to Micro.blog or maybe I’m just running out of long-winded rants in general. I’ve been having a lot of fun sharing the coolest links I can find in a day and adding little comments to them. Sometimes I write a post, other times I write a micro post to share updates on what I’m doing or little passing thoughts.

The longer I’m here, the more I realize a lot of people blog that way.

For me, it’s like an old guy building a hotrod in the garage. I know I’ll probably never be a professional drag racer and I’m not the greatest mechanic in the world, but it’s a thing I’m passionate about.

It’s a thing that keeps me from getting bored and drinking and smoking the entire day away. It keeps me out of trouble. It’s keeping me off of social media, even if I am a little obsessed. And like literally everything in life, it’s a thing you can do for fun and you’ll continually get better at it over time. It’s a thing you can constantly improve upon for reasons other than building a career out of it. It’s like therapy that only costs about $5 a month.