Why a blog, why now?

The whole exercise of building a website and publishing it for the world to see is something I've gone back and forth on throughout adulthood. I've had ideas to start culture blogs about the areas I've lived in China; about random niche hobbies I got into and out of even faster (read: an informational site to discuss the history and culture of tea); and even a book review website that could compete with Goodreads (!!). The biggest blocker from me doing this in the past has been three fold 1) indecisiveness on what topic to focus on 2) lack of knowhow on the best way to get the website online and 3) a failure to commit to maintaining such a site and keeping it up to date.

Advancements in AI have gotten to the point where the playing field has been leveled and anyone with an online connection can build anything they want. I was able to get the website online and in presentable enough form in a few hours so problem two was squashed. For problem three, who says I need to pick and commit to a topic, publishing cadence, or anything really? Why can't my website sit dormant on the internet until it's a piece of history? Spacejam's 1996 Website is still rendering so this is a perfectly acceptable website management strategy.

As for number one, I've long accepted my wide ranging and often changing lists of hobbies are a strength, not a weakness. I once had hopes and dreams of being that one guy that knows an embarrassing amount about tea culture in the Tang Dynasty or the best rollerblading routes around the world (I'll leave this to my good friend Richard). But that's not me. For me, I'll focus on whatever is piquing my interest at that time or whenever I may have an interesting perspective on a topic.

My main goal here is to make writing a regular habit in my life - whatever that may be at the time. As the use cases for creativity become less and less, I want to maintain the ability to express myself in my own uniquely human and imperfect ways. So that is what I'll do.