Update on the usefulness of the blog

I've been writing this blog for three weeks now, and it's time to reflect a little on what the impact is so far.

First of all, so far it seems the blog does have a positive effect. I find it easier to be structured, among other things. However, this might be due to some other underlying fact. For instance, maybe the blog was conceived during a boost in motivation, which in turn also effected how I structured myself and so on. Hard to tell as of now.

Second of all, so far it's been not too hard to write one blog post per day. I ideally have no quality demands, and those posts which turn out to have a bit of quality to them, I label with the 'Quality' label anyway.

I do expect this to change, though. First of all, there will be holidays etc., during which it might be hard to actually publish something. Second of all, initially it's easy to find things to write about because you haven't written anything yet, so everything is up for grabs. I recently wrote about dancing, for instance. I don't have much more to say about that now, and might not for a while, so that source is tapped for the time being. If enough of these sources get tapped, it might get hard to find stuff to write about.

I also find that it does take a non-negligible amount of time to write a blog post, even with no quality standards. As of now, I spend at least half an hour per blog post (that doesn't just contain an update on how the blog is structured). Maybe it will turn out that half an hour each day is too much.

Third of all, I am generally not very satisfied with how I write on this blog. I know I can write much better, but I find myself just typing the words I need to state my point and not much more because I have work to do. Hopefully this will improve, but probably not unless I cut back on other work or update less often.

However, I know I need a regular schedule for this blog. I am thinking of at least only update during weekdays, taking breaks during the weekends. This would enable me to write posts during the weekend or at least edit posts that I made earlier if I have spare time. Which I probably don't.

I am excited to see how useful this blog will be for self improvement in the long term. At the very least, it should function as a kind of technical diary where I can write down what I have learned that day. However, if I don't have enough time to formulate what I have learned in a good way, I'm unsure of the utility of the blog.

We shall see. As of now, I will cut back to updating only on weekdays.