Random and Scattered Thoughts of a Gamer Dad
A post worth reading, and said better than I ever could.
Andy’s Blog: Why Blog If Nobody Reads It?
Blogging forces clarity. It makes you structure your thoughts, sharpen your perspective. You stop writing fluff because — let’s be honest — you’re writing for yourself. And if you can’t keep yourself interested, nobody else stands a chance.
I have been thinking a lot about the internet from 2005. Some of it is for nostalgia. Much of it is “how did we get here?”
However, the biggest driving factor is how I am tired with what we have now. I long to return to something that feels more in line with my preferred internet experience from years ago.
Continue reading “How it once was”I don’t know how to blog anymore.
This blog has gone through so many concepts, themes, and resets that I’ve lost count. For some years, it has been a personal blog. For a while, it was focused on minimalism. I tried my hand at video game news reporting and enjoyed this, but I couldn’t keep up with the required speed.
But when I look back, I miss a personal blog to share thoughts and longer-form ideas. I don’t always have a place on social media to share longer thoughts, and social media also adds more stress to my life than I would like. I have reduced my social media presence to YouTube and Bluesky after I reached my breaking point with Meta’s hostility towards their users.
From today, I try something new. This is my space. I post whatever I want. The formats will be random and scattered. It may be a single video or a list. I will attempt to create an old internet experience for myself. I don’t want to relive the early days, but we gave up having our record of things for posts on social media. I want to bring that back home again.
The worst that can happen is another reset.
In the past, when I’ve had 10 or 15 minutes of downtime, the habit was to grab my phone and play a game or two during this time. Or perhaps I would scroll social media aimlessly, and the break time would disappear. It wasn’t for a dopamine hit or to see what was happening. It was mainly out of habit, and I was not sure what else I could do in the window of time. So it’s overdue that I try something new with those 10 to 15-minute breaks. They are always going to be present in my day. But instead of opening Threads or a mobile game, I’ll work to make it writing time.
I need to build new habits to get where I want to be.
Continue reading “Try Something New”