I finally did it. I've been putting it off basically since I started this blog. I finally made an RSS feed for my blog. I had thought it was going to be so much more complicated than it was, and it put it off for so long, but it was surprisingly easy, it's basically just a 4 part format to fill out. The most complicated part is just the date format, but theres tools to make it super easy. Plus it helps me not to be so paranoid at the simplicity of my new system by adding another page I need to update each time lol. So yeah, hopefully now I can actually start building a following for my blog maybe? I think it'd be cool to have a consistent group of readers.
That wasn't my goal when I started this blog, and it still isn't, I write for myself, to articulate my thoughts, to help me process, and I don't really edit these much, they go out pretty raw, I just ramble about the topic I want to talk about until I run out of things to say. It's a way for me to process.
But, for me, and equally helpful way of processing is discussing with other people, having conversations about it, rather than just rambling into a void. So it would be cool to me to have people that read and comment that I can bounce ideas back and forth with on a regular basis, and it seems to be both increasingly harder and easier to find people thinking in similar ways.
Its hard to find people who understand my aversion to social media, my desire for a return to a decommercialized web, my politics, and my queerness in everyday life, but in making an intentional effort to find those communities and people, it's become increasingly easier to find those people and build community with them. I'm just hoping my effort to maintain a steady posting schedule, and interacting with other folks' blogs, will get me a step closer towards building that type of community here.
My current goal is to read at least four hours a week, do at least four spanish lessons a week, one spanish blog post a month, and at least one blog post every 4-5 days, but also, my laptop hinge disintegrated recently, so that may make it difficult to post regularly until I can save up for a new laptop, which with this bullshit going on with this union mandated raise, and everyone trying to push the blame onto others, meanwhile I'm paying $600 per paycheck in taxes and pre-tax deductions, wheras I was paying around $3-400, and we have more bills, and everything is more expensive, so it's been hard to save. (plus I blew all my savings recently on birthday weed for my birthday) Hopefully I get my goddamn money soon, otherwise idk what I'm gonna do. But ya know, the economy sucks for everyone but the rich, so I'm preaching to the choir.
Anyways, blah blah blah, I made an RSS feed, if you wanna subscribe the link is on the home page. Thanks for reading, bye.