I had planned for this to be my first post on micro.blog but I kept putting it off to see how I would like it. I have tried a couple of times now to start blogging, but each time I publish a couple of posts and then I quit. I struggled to figure out why. I had a desire to post things but I also struggle with public opinion and if what I have or want to say is good enough. There was also the issue of the tools. I really like Wordpress, however, I started to realize that it was also a problem for me.
When reading bedtime stories, Emma wants to hold the books and keeps spinning them around playing. Then it occurred to me that reading a Dr. Seuss book upside down actually feels kind of normal. 😂
Special toilet paper for special times. 😂
I keep putting off exercising. I just don’t feel any motivation for it even though I know that I need to get in better shape. My wife finally got me to join her today in starting a program for us to do together at home. Going to give this a go and try to be serious about it.
Now that lockdown restrictions are starting to be relaxed a bit this week I have noticed more car traffic the past couple of days. It’s very weird hearing all of the traffic after the silence for so many weeks now.
I’m really enjoying The Mandalorian, but in a different way than I had expected. To me everything about the show, even the soundtrack, has this Wild West feel to it. I would have enjoyed the show regardless but this adds a new perspective to the Star Wars universe that makes me enjoy it even more. 😃
Weekend project. Finally ordered a canopy for the balcony and got it set up. Put up some accent lights as well. 😃
The closer we get to June the more excited I start getting for the new iOS and macOS versions.
Rediscovery
I’ve recently started discovering, actually rediscovering, something about my devices. They make a lot of sounds.
For years I’ve been pretty strict about keeping my devices muted. For my iPhone it kind of made sense when out in public or in the office, so that it wasn’t distracting to others. From there it just became a habit and I kept mute on all the time. This, then progressed to my laptop and iPad. For the most part this didn’t bother me. Adapted and didn’t really miss anything. I turned on the haptic vibrations for notifications on my iPhone for when I needed to be alerted to something and all was good.
One issue I struggle with when posting is organization. I feel that I want to use categories to make it easier to focus on certain topics, but at the same time it adds a lot of mental overhead.
I don’t really want to have separate blogs for personal topics and tech related topics but can’t find a good way to separate it. Mainly it’s just the tech topics that I struggle with. I want to write more about my iOS development work but also just random reviews or discussions about how I use things. Maybe I just have one category for dev topics and everything else is just not categorized?
I know that this is a very personal opinion type topic but I’m curious of any opinions or suggestions from others that have struggled with this as well.