Been a while, since I posted here. Well, technically it’s been a little less time, but my previous hosting just broke all my websites together with backups and the only backup I had was quite old. I did manage to scavenge the database at least, so that whole one post that is missing I will add later (it needs some restoration work with pictures) just for the archives. Will be back to the topic of posting and archives a bit later in this post and introductions with other info I will leave for Blaugust, but first I’ll explain what it actually is.
Blaugust is a month long event, I guess in the streamer brain it would be designated as a marathon even, focused mainly on consistent blogging through the month of August. Perfect case is daily posting, so 31 posts in August, but it’s not required and any amount works, after all it is just to motivate you to post and create more. You can achieve that through your own personal challenge or through joining others and motivating each other, no strings attached. It did start as a personal challenge by Belghast and got extended to the wider community with 13th iteration this year. You can learn more and join here.
I learned about the event last year from MassivelyOP, that I do read as source of my MMO news quite regularly and share with my stream too, but chaotic summer multiplied by my usual brain acrobatics made me skip it. This year it’s not much less chaotic and brain acrobatics feel even worse, but I’m regularly thinking about returning to blogging and this challenge is a perfect opportunity to do it and maybe build a routine/habit.
Why would I want to return to blogging, why do I need this text blog? Honestly, it is really cool to just go back and see what was happening and what was on your mind years and years ago, it’s like a diary or even memoirs of sort. Might be not as impressive when you are just starting, but when you look back almost a decade after it’s really cool. Last few years my life was full of different experiences with all the travels and adjusting to new reality of me being a nomad with a lot of uncertainty in my life. Would be really sad to just lose and forget details of that adventure, that could be also interesting and even useful to readers.
I am very consistent with my streaming, Twitch is my full-time workplace for over 8 years already, but when it comes to other mediums it’s super hard to begin and to stay on the grind. I guess it’s expected when you already do over 40 hours a week of content creation, doing more stuff when you just want to chill is hard. Then you have perfectionism, procrastination, and other friends that are always with you, making any new ventures way harder. But I do want to blog even just for myself really, so I’ll try to trick my brain that way into doing it even if it will be very scuffed.
Speaking of scuffed – backupocalypse killed all the setup I had with the website, so it’s back to a very basic template with minimal functionality. I do plan to make my front page a bit more informative again, since it’s something people find looking for more info about me and my stream, not just instantly diving into the pot of my thought soup. Blog will still always be there though and will be the main content. I also did plan to post this yesterday, but ended up fighting with WordPress and hosting for the whole evening, so it’s off to a great start already.
Now it’s time to start my stream and I will be back here tomorrow, starting the Blaugust posting about games, streaming, travelling, and maybe even a bit more about books – stay tuned!