Day 1 of year 2 of this blog. Or as I prefer to think of it: “Round 2”.

Round 2, because writing a blog, like a boxing round, is a bit of a battle. The work happens day-to-day (i.e. blow-to-blow, to continue the metaphor) and then you find yourself at the end of the year hoping you landed enough punches for the blows to your head to be worth it.

Round 2, because of the circular loop that seems to appear through all aspects of life, for all of us. Our brains return to similar concepts, similar ideas. And practically, there are only so many pieces of the property system (or at least, only so many that I’m aware of), so there’s only so many topics to talk about (in between off-topic rants, insights and questions of course). So over the coming hear, I’m expecting to go back ‘round on a few things.

Consider the latter point, it’s worth noting how it began.

This blog is a personal experiment in writing and web publishing, but also an experiment in how thought-processing-via-word-processing works

Still true.

It turns out, externally processing my thoughts via blogging moves my thinking forward. It also saves my friends and family a lot of time, as they have fewer 2-hour-long mental debriefs with me.

However, reviewing, retaining and refining my thoughts is less successful in this blogging format.

So I’m starting a Zettelkasten. If you’re into thinking and writing, you might like to as well.

Finally, my first-ever blog post finished with this:

I guess, all there is, is merely to start, and see how it goes!

Year 1 (Round 1) was about starting.

Year 2 (Round 2) is about moving forward. Progressing ideas. Progressing projects. Progressing systems of writing, thinking and publishing.

I guess all there is, having started, is to keep going!