Almost Boring - 1st week reflections

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I hit my goal of posting 6 times in the first week.
So far, I like it. Which of course will only be part of what determines whether or not I stick with it.


The blogger platform is easy to use, seems like a decent place to capture ideas I want to remember, and should be good for when I actually have things that I want to share. 

The conversational style is a nice way to engage in reflection, bringing together separate threads and trying to turn them into a coherent idea.

And ultimately, it feels good to write again. That's something I haven't made time for in a long while. It's not the feeling that I used to get; but in the frustrated and exhausted wreckage of adulthood, with the ashes of inspiration long grown cold... it's as much as I can expect.



Blogger's Post history apparently uses the first letter of each post as its icon.

Or maybe it's trying to tell me something.

I present my first review:

"Mostly BORING and Nearly RIGHT"

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