I got tired
I have been blogging here for the last 20 years. Every Tuesday and Thursday, quite consistently, for two decades. But last year, without planning it, I got tired and stopped. Not sure why. It didn't correspond with any life events. Nothing interesting or notable happened. I just stopped.
I did find joy on TikTok and amassed a small group of like-minded followers there. I enjoy my YouTube as well, and my weekly podcast is going strong with nearly 900 (!) episodes of interviews with cool people. I've also recently started posting on Mastodon (a fediverse (federated universe)) Twitter alternative that uses the ActivityPub web standard. I see that Mark Downie has been looking at ActivityPub as well for DasBlog (the blog engine that powers this blog) so I need to spend sometime with Mark soon.
Being consistent is a hard thing, and I think I did a good job. I gave many talks over many years about Personal Productivity but I always mentioned doing what "feeds your spirit." For a minute here the blog took a backseat, and that's OK. I filled that (spare) time with family time, personal projects, writing more code, 3d printing, games, taekwondo, and a ton of other things.
Going forward I will continue to write and share across a number of platforms, but it will continue to start here as it's super important to Own Your Words. Keep taking snapshots and backups of your keystrokes as you never know when your chosen platform might change or go away entirely.
I'm still here. I hope you are too! I will see you soon.
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Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee. He is a failed stand-up comic, a cornrower, and a book author.
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Good luck and best wishes in everything you do Scott.
Keep owning your words! :-)
I've been following on Youtube and Twitter for over 3 years. I'm not sure if I can claim I'm a fan of you. Your contents actually inspire me a lot. They also help me get better everyday. I'm thankful for that. Please keep doing your great jobs, I believe you'll help a lot of people like me.
Thank you.
Don't do anything which pulls energy from you.
Let's see how things go in 2023!
Great to see you back!
there is one thing I like about Mastodon that conventional blogs don't provide.
The star (like) button.
I tend to use it to express support and understanding in cases where I don't have a lot of additional things to say.
I just want you to know that I can very much relate to this post and that I really appreciate your blog which, whenever it appears in my search results after searching for a topic (which happens more often than you might expect), is my first choice.
I can't remember ever having been disappointed by what I found.
Thank you!
Welcome back. Only good things!
And even if you write an article on "I got tired", I'll find something new in it: I hadn't heard of the .NET Core implementation of DasBlog by Mark Downie. Thanks for this tip.
Ah ah! he's had a sex change -)
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