Step 1: Write some words

I had thought that blogs were kind of dead circa….2010 and on? It seemed like nobody had a blog anymore, forgoing custom sites and websites like Go-Daddy, Geocities and WordPress for Tumblr and social media. I guess I’m wrong? Or maybe the circles in which I operated (which are very small), just wasn’t the target demographic.

But here I sit, typing away on this site with the words “blog” sitting plainly in my  url.

In all honesty? I’m starting this blog because I have to, as a requirement for a graduate school program I’m taking in Communications. But, that’s not necessarily to say that I don’t want to. Just because something is mandated doesn’t mean it cant be enjoyable.

I’ve wanted a reason to find a creative outlet for a while now. Wanted to start a YouTube channel (but don’t know how to do video things), wanted to start a podcast (but have nothing to talk about), wanted to do review videos (see item 1), and many other ventures. But maybe I needed a reason?

Maybe I need a prompt, or an external factor to push me to do something. Everything I hear from self-made creative types and Nike is to “just do it”. Just start writing or start shooting and the rest will come. I’ve tried most other modes of operations so maybe it’s time to finally take that advice.

This blog will mostly be filled with reflection posts on the classes that I’m currently taking, right now it’s “Introduction to Digital Communications”. But maybe it’ll become something more?

At the very least, I’ll become one of the many people projecting into the void that is the internet, and maybe something will project back. But everyone has to start somewhere and I’ve got to try if I want to find out for sure.

So let’s get started.