Not having a jolly good time

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“And we will have
A jolly good time” – Lazy Days by Robbie Williams

Well, I’m not having a jolly good time.

The end of the year is getting closer. I haven’t achieved anything that I had planned. I’m still in the same place as I was before. For example, I still have to watch my money. I thought I would have financial security by now, but no money is coming in.

I’ve had so many other things to think about besides blogging, so I didn’t realize I hadn’t blogged for two months. Blogging isn’t what it used to be. I wonder if people still care about blogs. Not mine anyway. I’ve been away so long; people might have forgotten about this blog. Even I am a little bored with blogging. There is so much else to do than think about blogging. It’s usually life in general that does that.

Even if I haven’t posted, I still had traffic, but now I don’t. This blog has reached over 100,000 views in the 13 years I’ve had the blog. This year, traffic has been higher than ever. Look at the image below.

Stats.

The only time I’m having a jolly good time is when I write fan fiction and go to ice hockey games. (I have a season ticket to my local team, HC TPS) And of course, when I take photos and videos. But I don’t get paid to do that. I wish I did, but no one buys.

I should be grateful I still have my health and that I live in a country without war. You should enjoy the small things and do something every day. I have taken up reading books. I never thought I would. I’ve read books before, but never anything longer than 100 pages. Right now I’m reading “The murder of Roger Ackroyd” by Agatha Christie. So I am actually having a jolly good time. And as long as the weather is nice, it’s good to read outside.

Look at my blog stats, it’s splendiferous

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Something is going on in this blog’s stats. I have only posted 2 posts this year, and the stats are going wild. I have no idea where they come from. I have blogged for 13 years (14 this year), and I have never had so many views in a month. It’s so splendiferous. Whatever the reason, it’s a record.

2026, monthly stats.

2026 views stats

2026, average daily views

2026 views daily stats

Most views are from the USA. In December 2025, there were 1.3k views. Now suddenly it’s overflooding. The most views were 1.2k, which was in 2022. Other times, the average is under 600 views.

The Internet is a strange place. You try hard to get views on different platforms, and this happens. You don’t know if it’s bots or a visit from real people. You never know. It feels like bots are the only ones who are being counted. I don’t know what the sudden interest in this blog is all about.

Perhaps it’s also bots who follow this blog. You never know.

Mission impossible

mission word
Photo: Generated with AI
Daily writing prompt
What is your mission?

Everything I do, or try to do, feels like Mission: Impossible. My goals for the year are already slipping away. One of them is keeping up a social media posting schedule; I should have posts lined up in my calendar, but I haven’t gotten anything done (only one). This month is going by so fast. It’s almost the middle of the month, and it’s only a matter of time before the month is over. It wouldn’t matter if I were writing about daily things, but when it comes to writing texts for finding paying clients, so I can become an entrepreneur. The years seem to begin the same way. I have hopes and dreams for that year, but suddenly it’s April. I thought 2026 would be my year. But that’s what I have been telling myself for years.

Sometimes it feels like I have ADHD, but in my head. I have so many things I want to say, or in my case, write. But you can’t say everything at once. Dealing with different subjects in a short period of time doesn’t work. I want to share my thoughts about different things. My brain is like a high-speed internet connection, but the delivery is on dial-up. If the Internet didn’t exist, I would write in a diary as I did before. Some days I wonder if people like my posts only because of the image, or if they actually read the text. Sometimes when I post, I get a like a little too quickly, especially if the text is long. No one can read that fast! Despite that, I keep writing because I know there is always someone out there who appreciates a long read.

I write my thoughts on different things on my mobile or Google Docs, but then I try to write about one subject, even getting help from AI, I still get a feeling I need to say everything at once. I need to learn to be patient and keep in mind that I don’t need to write and share things all at once. Then it might not be a mission impossible, and the stress won’t exist.