Realizing that I purchased my original domain and webspace one year ago today it felt appropriate to reflect on why.
Social media quickly became a place to share every thought, cup of coffee, and/or photo of your pets/kids. That is a fine way to get a quick fix of dopamine but that’s really it. When you reflect on your “On this day” featured on Facebook, does it tell an accurate story about who you were at that time? Probably not.
If you know me at all, you know I’m a sucker for nostalgia. Over the years I’ve curated videos compiled of the moments that helped make unforgettable years but even that to me wasn’t enough. Written word seems like the best way to record the specific details. Each word and phrase carefully premeditated. (For the most part when I’m not botching spelling and throwing grammatical errors like confetti)
That’s what brought me here. A place of my own where I can elaborate share thoughts, ideas, passions, phots, videos, and more. Regardless of how 9 to 5 your life might seem at times you are interesting. Social media has made it mandatory for us to keep up with “Friends”. Their news is blasted on what they call “news” and we addictively scroll through for the latest nonsense and memes. We rarely encounter original content let alone interesting stories about the people we associate with. Well if you want to hear my nonsense, I might share previews on those very social media platforms but I’ll make you take the extra step. If you’re truly interested you’ll know where to find me.
In the short year since I purchased the website, even shorter than that since my first post and 13,669 visitors later I’m still kicking. Over the next week or so I’m going to give the sight a major facelift, improve it’s mobile viewing, and the user interface.
I’m excited to get this baby revamped during the busiest time of my life with my 9-5, photography, grad school, etc. Wont be easy but I see value in the art of self reflection and what better way than to paint it all over the internet in permanent ink.
I hope that people will read this and start to tell more of their stories. I know a ton of interesting people, many of which I’ve called out in previous blogs.
If you think this might be something you’d be interested in I’d be happy to help you get it off the ground. I use WordPress for everything and it’s pretty simple one stop shop.
There are also millions of tutorials online to get a site started. Here is one I’d check out.
Live Your Dream & Share Your Passion.