A project completed and a farewell for now

Hey! Glad you could join me. As you might have realized, my blog production has diminished significantly. Be assured that it is not due to problems in my life or because I forget this blog, on the contrary. Rather, I should explain what was driving me to write here and why it is not applicable anymore… for now at least.

I began this blog when I finished my studies. Being in a typical strange middleground between studies and employment, I needed something to focus my energy on, but I was most of all scared. Not scared of my future (don't worry). No. Rather, I was scared that joining the professional spheres meant losing a writing habit that strangely became a comfort to me during my graduate studies (most of all during the pandemic). As you might have guessed, I can hardly stay in one place. I need various ways to exert myself, even if that entails throwing things into the void. This blog was such a way to do so. Maybe not the most attractive portrait, but one I am wholly comfortable with. In any case, I don‘t remember when exactly the idea for this blog came to my mind, but I do remember how incessant the idea became. I simply had to make it happen. But, knowing my habit to jump around, I needed a clear and concrete goal. And so the golden rule for that blog came:

I needed to write every day for the blog for a complete year.

You might notice that I deliberately do not specify just how much time I needed to write per day. Just writing was enough. In the beginning, I wrote in a frenzy - which was great and fulfilling. Yet, while writing, my long game plan became clearer and I chose to prepare more in advance, be more deliberate for just when I published my posts. I still remember the thrill I had on my first day of writing. This was one year ago.

We have now reached my initial goal. Where to next? Do I continue this blog? I could and I would be glad to do so. I love it! The research, the expression and the slim chance of making someone‘s day that much better. Yet, I know myself. I need new horizons. I need to explore and push my boundaries. Probably typical for my age (although I AM NOT getting younger). Still, let me enjoy such ventures a bit more before sticking to a “proper“ and organized life.

So, this is the end for now. I am contempt and leave no regrets behind. Yet, the door is still open for future work on this blog. I know I would enjoy it. Maybe in the future this will become the reassuring work it is now. But for now, that time is passed. Let me relish the good times I had with it.

I know this is something I should have explained before. I thoroughly enjoyed this little project and what I discovered every day committing time to it. I hope you did too.

Well… that‘s it then? Feel free to go back to older posts you might have missed. But for now, I have to say a truly heartfelt farewell to you. I am sure we will see each other again.

Be happy. And, of course, stay curious.