Where do I start?
In my quest to make a success out of all things ‘That Paul Guy’, I am learning a valuable lesson. Some times things work best in their simplest form. That’s not life changing news. It won’t solve all of the world’s problems, but in this case it’s very relevant.
You may have noticed this blog is not where my normal non tech blog would reside. For a couple of years I’ve kept two separate blog spaces. It was a way for me to keep all of my tech stuff in one space, and everything else in another. It worked out to be more like my tech in one place and everything else, every where else.
Confusion sets in
I have a blog on buymeacoffee, the tech blog, and a private journal for the personal ramblings. There are Two YouTube channels and a channel on Twitch. Each is probably a great idea, but it’s very far from what I started wanting to create. And even further from the repository for all of the code I personally developed.
The stray is fine. I work as a software engineer, and don’t want any part of that flowing over into content I create. But, that leaves me scattered, and not in a good way. Yes, there is a difference between diversified and scattered. Diversified implies there is some order or plan, I had none.
The way my mind works in a strange way, sometimes. If things are too overwhelming in more than one area, the entire assembly line shuts down. I then have to put things back together one or two at a time to get everything working. Sometimes parts get left out.
A solution?
That begins changing now. Actually, it began changing this past spring. There have been a lot of things going on in my life lately and most have been very positive. I haven’t had to shut the entire line down, but I did have to remove some of the things that started to get in the way of that positive momentum.
It caused some confusion, some hurt feelings and a lot of disconnection. I have a direction I want to go, and life is too short to put things off that are supposed to mean something. All of the scattered pieces and forks in the other fires had to be reigned in, and put in one fire.
This blog is one of the first attempts to bring all of that home. It will mean an enormous amount of work, especially if I choose to link things from both YouTube channels and highlights from streaming. It will mean a lot of work and I can’t put off doing a YouTube video because I have writers block, or I don’t have tech that is interesting that week. Likewise, not having personal insights to share doesn’t mean I can ignore the tech I’ve been testing, or that I can skip streaming that week.
So, I invite you to come with me on a bit of a new journey. It’s the first time in many years that I’ve done things for myself without being in survival mode, and it should be interesting. No, I will not be ignoring everyone else, nor will I shut everyone out, but at times it may seem that way.
Action.
Over the next few weeks to a month, more things will happen to this site. Pages will change, the structure and appearance will change and the domain may get an adjustment to fit the wider category. In addition, my buddy Gus has a project I will be helping with, so free time may be scarce. What won’t be scarce is purpose. I’m striving to redefine mine. I hope whomever is reading this has theirs or finds it.
Don’t ever give up living and learning and finding new things to explore. Life is too short to look back and say “I wish I would have done that”. The next several months promises to be interesting, I welcome it and look forward to it.