I’m starting a blog. A weekly blog.
At least one entry a week of genuine, sit-down-and-reflect writing. I didn’t like the idea at first - why would anyone want to read about my life? After all, I’m just some humdrum high-schooler you’ll probably never meet. What would I even write about? Even I can’t stand reading the journal entries I wrote a year ago, fresh off the New Year “I’ll totally keep a journal this year” resolution high. Surely I’d be better off if I kept my writing to myself. Yet I couldn’t get the idea out of my mind. Clearly, I ended up deciding to do it, but that’s because I finally found a good reason to.
I’m not writing this blog for you.
That is, I don’t mind if nobody cares. I’m writing this blog to keep myself in check. The biggest problem with keeping a journal is that only the writer can read it. Only the writer can look back on entries from weeks past and reflect on their decisions. That doesn’t work for me. When I write a journal, it feels more like I’m lobbing my thoughts into a void, never to be seen again. Nothing holds me accountable to write an entry every day or week, nothing motivates me to set personal goals and achieve them. When I post something on the internet, however, it’s public and permanent. Anyone can find my little corner of the Internet and hold me to my words. If I suddenly stop posting here, someone, somewhere in the world, could stumble upon this page and judge me for being an uncommitted invertebrate. That works.
I’ve always been self-conscious about posting things on social media. I care intensely what people think about me, even behind a veil of anonymity. If I know that I am being held accountable by Schrodinger’s judgmental internet reader, I am much more likely to commit myself fully to a task. This will be no different when it comes to blogging. It also doesn’t hurt to earn a little money as some added incentive. So that’s why I’m starting a blog. A weekly blog.
Here’s the CliffNotes on me and my goals so I can be held accountable:
Me:
- I’m, as my parents say, a young man.
- I’m a junior in a boarding preparatory high school.
- I’m a tech-head and aspiring developer.
- I’m interested in design, engineering, and physics.
- My other interests include art, guitar, video games, and film.
- I am not a popular kid.
- I am not an athlete, but I do enjoy ultimate frisbee.
- I am not ready for the college process at all.
Goals:
- I am trying to start a club based around design engineering.
- I want to develop my own website and web-apps.
- I want to design/invent/make random gizmos.
- I want to make a difference this summer.
- I want to succeed.
Huh, that felt like how I imagine typing up my OkCupid profile would feel like. If all else fails, at least this is good practice for future reference. That’s all I will be writing today as an introduction, but in the next week I will post my first entry detailing my progress on the aforementioned goals.
While my goal will be one serious blog entry per week, that doesn’t mean I will only post once per week. I’ve got some fun ideas for posts I can conjure up throughout the week that are decidedly less serious. But that’s it for my introduction. I look forward to meeting the community and growing my blog into something I can truly be proud of.
Until then, @ctrl-r out.
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