iREFLECTING ON BLOGANUARY	null	(FALSE)	0
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i2024-02-01	null	(FALSE)	0
i	null	(FALSE)	0
iWell that was Bloganuary! It was pressuring, exhausting, and - mostly! - fun.	null	(FALSE)	0
iLet's recap what I wrote about each day of January:	null	(FALSE)	0
i* My Biggest Challenge, for which I pointed at motivation in the winter and	null	(FALSE)	0
ihow that was a major part of my motivation for trying to participate in	null	(FALSE)	0
iBloganuary in the first place! I also touched on the difficulty of staying	null	(FALSE)	0
ion-task.	null	(FALSE)	0
i	null	(FALSE)	0
IChart showing number of articles on DanQ.me by month of year, with a pronounced dip starting in January and continuing through until a rebound in April.	/2024/01/danq.me-blog-stats-through-year.png	danq.me	70
i* Playtime. I talked about some of the "play" activities I engage in,	null	(FALSE)	0
iincluding roleplaying games, board games, videogames, escape rooms, and GNSS	null	(FALSE)	0
igames.	null	(FALSE)	0
i* Alumnus: an exploration of the higher education establishments I've been	null	(FALSE)	0
ipart of.	null	(FALSE)	0
i* The Gift of Time, when I talked about being time-poor and seemingly	null	(FALSE)	0
iperpetually-busy and expressed my love of gifts that help me reclaim that time.	null	(FALSE)	0
i* Nostalgia vs Futurism. I spend comparable amounts of time thinking about the	null	(FALSE)	0
ifuture as the past, I reckon.	null	(FALSE)	0
i* Billboards: a silly joke about a billboard.	null	(FALSE)	0
i* A Different Diet, talking about aspiring towards something slightly-closer	null	(FALSE)	0
ito veganism, perhaps starting by reducing my dairy consumption.	null	(FALSE)	0
i* Live Long and Prosper, in which I commemorate my birthday by talking about	null	(FALSE)	0
ithe dangers of humans living much longer than they do.	null	(FALSE)	0
i* Mission, another silly joke.	null	(FALSE)	0
i	null	(FALSE)	0
IKing Arthur again, but now he says "I wanna, like, make cool shit on the Internet or whatever."	/2024/01/20240109-make-cool-shit.jpg	danq.me	70
i* Attachment, about how I didn't really have an "attachment object" as a kid.	null	(FALSE)	0
i* Paws to Hear my Scents-ible Idea: a silly pitch for a smell-based social	null	(FALSE)	0
inetwork for dogs.	null	(FALSE)	0
i* Pizza, a post about the greatest food ever invented.	null	(FALSE)	0
i* Road Trip! After ruling out a series of runners-up, perhaps my	null	(FALSE)	0
imost-memorable road trip was the one to Kit's wedding.	null	(FALSE)	0
i* Communicate Early, Communicate Often, about the ways I communicate online	null	(FALSE)	0
i(spoiler: a lot of it's right here!).	null	(FALSE)	0
i* Magpies are the Best Bird. Nay, the best animal.	null	(FALSE)	0
i* Clutter, about the clutter in my physical space but perhaps even more in my	null	(FALSE)	0
ihead.	null	(FALSE)	0
i* Puppy Love: the unconditional love of a dog.	null	(FALSE)	0
i* Uninvention, in which I propose uninventing cryptocurrency.	null	(FALSE)	0
i* Leadership: I revisited an old post about the qualities I admire in leaders;	null	(FALSE)	0
iit's still true.	null	(FALSE)	0
i* Dream Job - am I already doing my dream job? Maybe, though perhaps it isn't	null	(FALSE)	0
ithe one that pays me!	null	(FALSE)	0
i* What's in a name? My name today is one I chose for myself, but it's not the	null	(FALSE)	0
ionly name I've been known by. I revisit the names I've been called and what	null	(FALSE)	0
ithey've meant.	null	(FALSE)	0
i* New Tricks, about how convenient it'd be to be able to explain to our dog	null	(FALSE)	0
ithat the builders in our house are not here to steal her toys.	null	(FALSE)	0
i* Fun Five: five things I do for fun - code, magic, play, piano, learn. A bit	null	(FALSE)	0
iof a parallel to "Playtime" from day 2.	null	(FALSE)	0
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i	null	(FALSE)	0
i* Harcourt Manor, a local attraction I've never gotten to see inside.	null	(FALSE)	0
i* Landslide, the spectacular song that inspired this post because I didn't	null	(FALSE)	0
iobjected to the original prompt.	null	(FALSE)	0
i* Traditions my family practices, some of which are pretty unique to us.	null	(FALSE)	0
i* Reading List, about how mine is pretty long this time of year, but that	null	(FALSE)	0
idoesn't stop me thinking about what I might re-read next.	null	(FALSE)	0
i* Not The Lottery, a game I play that's... well... not the lottery. And how if	null	(FALSE)	0
iI played the actual lottery (and somehow won), how I'd do my "dream job" from	null	(FALSE)	0
iday 18.	null	(FALSE)	0
i* Sportsball! I don't really play or follow any sports, but that doesn't stop	null	(FALSE)	0
ime writing a diatribe of what's wrong with professional soccer.	null	(FALSE)	0
i* Toilet Paper is typically mounted on a holder in one of two polarities. One	null	(FALSE)	0
iof those orientations is an abomination.	null	(FALSE)	0
i* The Fear of expressing vulnerability is real in this final Bloganuary entry.	null	(FALSE)	0
i	null	(FALSE)	0
iSo yeah: 31 posts in as many days! Actually, it was closer to 40, because on a	null	(FALSE)	0
icouple of days I wrote non-Bloganuary posts too:	null	(FALSE)	0
i	null	(FALSE)	0
iOf course, with the addition of this post, it's now 32+ posts in 32 days. As	null	(FALSE)	0
iI've noted before, this is my longest daily streak in over 25 years of	null	(FALSE)	0
iblogging... and I'm genuinely a little curious how much longer I can keep it	null	(FALSE)	0
iup. There are lots of things I meant to write about last month but simply	null	(FALSE)	0
ididn't have time: if I dusted off a few of those ideas I could push on a few	null	(FALSE)	0
idays longer. My longest unstreak or "dry spell" - the longest number of	null	(FALSE)	0
iconsecutive days I've gone without making a post - is 42 days: could I beat	null	(FALSE)	0
ithat? That'd be a special level of personal best.	null	(FALSE)	0
i	null	(FALSE)	0
ITrophy on a desk with the plaque "most pointless blog posts".	/2024/02/most-pointless-blog-posts-trophy-scaled.jpg	danq.me	70
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iI initially aimed to fuel and inspire my blogging at the start of this year in	null	(FALSE)	0
ia more-interpersonal way, by making some pen pals and writing about the	null	(FALSE)	0
iexperience of that. Except I ran slightly late with my first (and haven't	null	(FALSE)	0
iwritten it up yet) and even later with my second (on account of winter blues	null	(FALSE)	0
iplus spending any spare "blogging" time doing Bloganuary) so that project's	null	(FALSE)	0
ialready way off track. Still aiming to catch-up though.	null	(FALSE)	0
i	null	(FALSE)	0
iBut I'm pleased to have been able to throw out 20,000 words of prompt-driven	null	(FALSE)	0
iblog posts too, even if some of the prompts were weaker than others!	null	(FALSE)	0
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iLINKS	null	(FALSE)	0
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hMy blog posts associated with Bloganuary 2024.	URL:https://danq.me/tag/bloganuary-2024/	(FALSE)	0
hMy Biggest Challenge	URL:https://danq.me/2024/01/01/bloganuary-2024-1/	(FALSE)	0
hPlaytime	URL:https://danq.me/2024/01/02/bloganuary-2024-2/	(FALSE)	0
hInformation about my participation in GNSS-based games	URL:https://danq.me/geo/	(FALSE)	0
hAlumnus	URL:https://danq.me/2024/01/03/bloganuary-2024-3/	(FALSE)	0
hThe Gift of Time	URL:https://danq.me/2024/01/04/bloganuary-2024-4/	(FALSE)	0
hNostalgia vs Futurism	URL:https://danq.me/2024/01/05/bloganuary-2024-5/	(FALSE)	0
hBillboards	URL:https://danq.me/2024/01/06/bloganuary-2024-6/	(FALSE)	0
hA Different Diet	URL:https://danq.me/2024/01/07/bloganuary-2024-7/	(FALSE)	0
hLive Long and Prosper	URL:https://danq.me/2024/01/08/bloganuary-2024-8/	(FALSE)	0
hMission	URL:https://danq.me/2024/01/09/bloganuary-2024-9/	(FALSE)	0
hAttachment	URL:https://danq.me/2024/01/10/bloganuary-2024-10/	(FALSE)	0
hPaws to Hear my Scents-ible Idea	URL:https://danq.me/2024/01/11/bloganuary-2024-11/	(FALSE)	0
hPizza	URL:https://danq.me/2024/01/12/bloganuary-2024-12/	(FALSE)	0
hRoad Trip!	URL:https://danq.me/2024/01/13/bloganuary-2024-13/	(FALSE)	0
hMy 2004 blog post about my friend Kit's wedding	URL:https://danq.me/2004/10/25/wedding/	(FALSE)	0
hCommunicate Early, Communicate Often	URL:https://danq.me/2024/01/14/bloganuary-2024-14/	(FALSE)	0
hMagpies are the Best Bird	URL:https://danq.me/2024/01/15/bloganuary-2024-15/	(FALSE)	0
hClutter	URL:https://danq.me/2024/01/16/bloganuary-2024-16/	(FALSE)	0
hPuppy Love	URL:https://danq.me/2024/01/17/bloganuary-2024-17/	(FALSE)	0
hUninvention	URL:https://danq.me/2024/01/18/bloganuary-2024-18/	(FALSE)	0
hLeadership	URL:https://danq.me/2024/01/19/bloganuary-2024-19/	(FALSE)	0
1My 2023 post about leaders that inspire me	/posts/inspiring-leaders	danq.me	70
hDream Job	URL:https://danq.me/2024/01/20/bloganuary-2024-20/	(FALSE)	0
hWhat's in a name?	URL:https://danq.me/2024/01/21/bloganuary-2024-21/	(FALSE)	0
hNew Tricks	URL:https://danq.me/2024/01/22/bloganuary-2024-22/	(FALSE)	0
hFun Five	URL:https://danq.me/2024/01/23/bloganuary-2024-23/	(FALSE)	0
hHarcourt Manor	URL:https://danq.me/2024/01/24/bloganuary-2024-24/	(FALSE)	0
hLandslide	URL:https://danq.me/2024/01/25/bloganuary-2024-25/	(FALSE)	0
hTraditions	URL:https://danq.me/2024/01/26/bloganuary-2024-26/	(FALSE)	0
hReading List	URL:https://danq.me/2024/01/27/bloganuary-2024-27/	(FALSE)	0
hNot The Lottery	URL:https://danq.me/2024/01/28/bloganuary-2024-28/	(FALSE)	0
hSportsball!	URL:https://danq.me/2024/01/29/bloganuary-2024-29/	(FALSE)	0
hToilet Paper	URL:https://danq.me/2024/01/30/bloganuary-2024-30/	(FALSE)	0
hThe Fear	URL:https://danq.me/2024/01/31/bloganuary-2024-31/	(FALSE)	0
hStatistics on my longest blogging streaks	URL:https://danq.me/stats/#longest-streak	(FALSE)	0
1My blog post seeking pen pals	/posts/pen-pals-wanted	danq.me	70
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