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Apr 18 2024
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Linen & Silk

I’ve been blogging for 12 years, not consistently, as you can read about in my previous blog, here. But yeah, 12 years, man. 2012 was such a different time. A tonic to my failed marriage, location change, house move, new baby and well, life really. I’ve been scribbling down notes on all kinds of changes and experiences during that time, including the odd post through the pandemic.

Celebrating a 12-year anniversary is a special milestone that deserves some recognition. Had this marriage between me and WordPress had been official, I’d be expecting a gift of linen or silk today.

These materials symbolize luxury, comfort, and durability—qualities that reflect the growth and strength of a relationship over a dozen years. I am still not comfortable with blogging. Although, it is a luxury to be able to share life experiences with the great digital world. How durable they are in standing the test of time, remains to be seen.

Silk is often associated with elegance and sophistication. It’s a delicate fabric known for its soft texture and natural sheen. WordPress owes me silk pajamas!

Linen on the other hand, represents freshness and purity. Hmmm slightly more challenging to link to this one, although every time I pick the blog back up feels like a fresh start, so that’s something. Purity, there are no pure thoughts on these pages. Reality, hard-hitting struggles and challenges and a big dose of optimism is all I can offer WordPress, and it laps it up too.

I’m not alone in celebrating 12 years in 2024. Uber is 12 this year as well. Imagine life without rating drivers for their ‘chat’ and tracking delicious snacks to you door!

So year, 12 years of word. More to come!

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Apr 18 2024
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750 Words

I signed up to write 750 words through the imaginatively titled, 750 words website and bombed on the first day. It’s alright though.

The whole point of the 750 words website is to foster a daily writing habit that bring you joy. There are rewards in the form of badges for writing day streaks and hitting various other milestones. Members are encouraged to share their feelings on achieving each badge to spur on others. There’s a proper community. Some people have written a million words or more. I managed around 11,000 and bailed.

I broke my wrist in January and obviously it had to be the right one, that I write with and so typing was difficult, painful, slow and littered with mistakes. Writing was impossible.

I’m still paying £5 per month to access 750 words, knowing fine well I’m not going to do it, despite having two working wrists. I switched it up to writing 75 words a day on my notepad. Failed after a day because I had a stressful day at work and my Dyspraxia was kicking my arse.

I reckon I write around 2000 words a day on average. I’m a prolific note taker. So in my day job, with a handful of meetings each day, I reckon I clock up around that. But try as I might, I can’t get into a habit of writing for pleasure, every day. Or every other day. Or once a week. The moment it feels like a task, the desire is gone.

So here I am, with a blog that works on date/appearance so there’s no cheating with content. It’s daily, or not. More not than daily in recent years.

I switched the blog to private back in January, after the wrist incident. Mainly out of frustration but also to work out if I would miss it. I didn’t think i had anything to say. (Judging by this blog entry you may agree with that notion).

I decided to read others’ words for a few weeks, while I healed. Turning pages counts as physio you know? Was there hidden motivation in James Herbert’s The Fog? Yes, yes there was. I finished it in record time and I missed my blog.

For the umpteenth time, (what a beautiful word, umpteenth) I’m back. Let’s see what spews out. Maybe 750 words?

Missed me?

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