The 3,000th Post

Sunday, September 15, 2024

Sometime in the last month I published my 3,000th post to this blog. When I hit publish on this post, it will be the 3,094th. That feels like a big number to me. Perhaps for some, they left that number in the dust a long time ago? But for me this feels like a lot.

My blog started back in March of 2014. I have some posts sitting on my computer from an earlier incarnation of the site. I have hit pause in sharing them as I am not sure they represent how I think now? Maybe that doesn’t matter - a preface and/or some light editing might make them ready for posting. They might still see the light of day, but not yet.

My posts have varied in length and content over the years. Despite earlier aspirations to write longer, thoughtful posts on subjects that interested me or felt relevant to the nature of the blog at that time - the website use to be the home of my coaching business - the reality is that the pieces published here are a collection of long posts, short posts (a sentence or two), photographs, videos and audio.

At times I have set myself themes for the blog, subjects around which I would structure blog posts, and even deadlines as to how often I would post, but I have found this approach to be too restrictive for me. Rather I have allowed myself to find my own way and speed of publishing, what has come to mind in the moment and perhaps a theme of sorts starts to emerge? Topics that I have returned to of late are Meditation and Overseas Travels.

Moving my hosting to Micro.blog was the best move that I have made for the blog. My output has increased, and the support of the Micro.blog community, both technical and social, has made me relax into what I am producing for the site. I have been with Micro.blog for almost six years now, joining in the early days of October 2018. Technology and the Micro.blog platform allow me to create material for the blog and publish it whether I am out and about or sitting at home.

Why do I have a blog?

It’s a good question for which the answer has varied as the years have gone by. Back at the beginning I think that it was a public platform for ideas and thoughts going through my head, at that time specifically the emerging disciplines of Deep Ecology and Ecopsychology, perhaps hoping that others would see my jottings and reach out. If they were seen, I heard from no one.

Since then, apart from when the blog served as adjunct to my coaching business, I maintain the blog simply because I enjoy it. I enjoy putting it together, maintaining it, and producing content for it. The blog is a creative outlet. I enjoy the writing process. It helps me develop ideas. I have a personal journal, but sometimes I like to put my thoughts out there for others to read.

I won’t say, “here’s to the next 3,000.” It’s very much one at a time for me. I might produce a handful of posts back to back, and then go quiet for a few days, but as long as I am enjoying maintaining my place on the web I’ll be putting out new posts. I have a backlog of draft posts waiting to be completed, and many unpublished photos. So I am not short on material.

Thank you for reading and following along.