CHECKING IN

Sooooo, two weeks of Taking It All In, still hesitating to put it out there to be honest, it makes me feel a bit sick that people are reading or will read what I'm writing. But it's beginning to feel cathartic to put myself in a position where my brain is the source material for most of the stuff I post. At the moment it's a very personal space - maybe too personal - though as I feel my writing improve I'm going to start including more objective pieces. There'll always be space for my (and anyone else's) thoughts and opinions, but eventually I want Taking It All In to act as a sort of online magazine and not a personal blog. Although I'm not exactly sure how it will evolve in the near future, I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes.

Something I am worried about is losing interest. I’m definitely guilty of hyperfixating on something for a short amount of time then never thinking about it again. But beyond that I have found myself completely uninterested in things I was once passionate about and that has felt very uncomfortable. And I reeeeally don’t want this to happen here, losing interest is scary, you can put so much time and love into something and then one day you feel completely apathetic about it. Starting this website has been the remedy for my apathy, having intention when it comes to the things I’m seeking out has been invaluable. I won’t say that it’s not difficult sometimes, the past week I’ve been busy and not had as much time to write or think about writing. Writing is easy when it has no specific purpose, my notebooks and notes app are full of things I deem interesting. Finding a topic that's worthy of writing about isn't difficult, but the motivation to get it into words that resemble an article, and not the ramblings you'd find in a notebook of mine can be. Introducing some structure, while it may dampen the spontaneity I imagined for this, will be helpful for me here. Otherwise I’ll end up with a bunch of half written pieces in my drafts or I won’t give my topics the justice they deserve.

Another one complete! Feeling more confident in the brand, I love curating to photos and fonts and colours, I’ll never lose interest in that.

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