Becoming The Muse

The Muse: In Retrospect

We almost half-way through the year, whats my year in blogging been like:

This is my 90^th post of the year and I have clocked over 46K words but who is counting?

To the casual observer my blog might seem like, it’s a mixed bag of content where you will never know what kind of post will turn up next… but there is a formula to the madness each post is a piece of the puzzle that is me and a glimpse into my lived experiences…

My tagline for this year has been my tangle of words, because my posts are like a rabbit’s footprints, in the sand all over the place, but its still coming from somewhere and heading somewhere… untangle the words and understand not only me but the world around me.

The most fascinating thing I have discovered from my blogging is that I am not only creating content for today but for the future, sometimes I will post an article that does not make any ripples and goes quietly into the digital goodnight of unread posts… and then one day, maybe years later even, someone will search for that exact post.

I wrote a review of Blake Crouch’s Dark Matter, several years back and forgot about it. Ever since the book was adapted into a scifi show that premiered in May on Apple TV+ the post has been getting a lot of traffic… well some of that could have been, me going back to the review so I could remember what the book was about 😂 sometimes the person you are writing for is your futureself….

Naturally, once I have watched all the episodes, I will also drop a review of the series and maybe do a comparison post on the book versus series, the verdict is still out. One key message from both the series and the book is about the road not taken….

It underlines a sentiment that has been a fundamental part of my blogging journey of honouring each chapter of my life… When I go through my old blog posts I get an appreciation of where and who I was at that particular point in the path and how each step I have taken has led me from there to here.

Facebook memories brought back what might have seemed like a random wishful thought 12 years ago, but looking back to this moment are you surprised coffee and reviews became such a staple content….

#WinterABC24

~B

PS Still working on the finding someone to pay me, but a bit of coffee would be awesome. ☕