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Things that doesn’t really belong anywhere

2016 and beyond

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Not talking about the year. I mean the WordPress theme, Twenty Sixteen.
It was time for a new layout. Year is soon over and I wanted a change. Is it good? The layout that is. Not the change even if that’s good too 😀

This layout will do for now. I don’t know what people think about changing the layout of things too often. If it’s after a week or two then that’s too often. But if it’s change 6 months or a year, that’s not bad. It works better for blogs. Websites are different. Some sites look the same for years.

I don’t know how much people look at blog layouts. Do they even visit the blog itself or just read posts on Reader. Personally I do both. If you only read a posts on Reader, you won’t see beyond the blogger. A good layout tells a lot about a person. If it’s sloppy done, it tells you, the blogger doesn’t really bother. If it’s well done, it tells you this person made an effort. Blogging is just not about writing. You also need to look at your layout.

Like I said, the year is soon over and it’s time to look back. Last year I did a review of my blogging year. I don’t know if I’ll do it this year. There’s a lot of work but it’s also interesting what you’ve written during the year. You don’t remember everything you’ve blogged about. I sure don’t. There’s still left to say so I won’t do it just yet. It’s never too early to start going back in time though.

Sky’s the limit

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Taken with Lumia 820

There’s a lot of different subjects to write about. Sky’s the limit. But sometimes you don’t know what to say. That’s one of the reason why I haven’t posted that much on the blog. I even decided to join a cult, I mean a writing challenge called Ultimate Blog Challenge. But it wasn’t the way I expected at all. I thought you would get a subject everyday via email but it wasn’t like that at all. People who takes part in it just seem to want visitors to their blogs so they can get some money out of it. I also didn’t feel like writing everyday. The challenge didn’t help to get my motivation back either. So I skipped that challenge altogether.

It’s just not only blogging but also my fan fiction writing. I just haven’t bothered. I’ve just been lazy lately. I tried to find motivation to write but I haven’t found a cure. It’s just one of those day. One day you got a lot of ideas and the next nada, nothing. I could spend hours and hours writing. Even half a night. Ideas just keeps flooding. Then there are days like these. I could never be an author. I’m too distracted with other things. I also don’t like rushing things. If you rush things, the quality won’t be as good. I might be impatient in other things but when it comes to writing, I’m very particular about it.

Everything just seems boring to me. Not even social media interest me that much. I realised I don’t have much in common with my followers anymore. They don’t even watch the same TV shows as me. I just scroll through Twitter and Facebook because I’m not interested in what they do. Most of my followers are motor racing fans but I’m not into that the way I used to. If I stop following them, there wouldn’t be anyone left. It would just be useless to have a social media account in the first place.

I think the best cure for getting the writing mojo back, is to have a break from writing altogether. Sky’s the limit to do anything else for a change. Like I’ve written in the about me page, I only write when I have something to say and that will stick.