Yesterday, a new visitor to the blog High Hopes stopped by and, to my surprise, thought it would be a good idea to read all of the articles on the site. Apparently blogging is alive and well in 2020,
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The kindness that you preach
This article was written in 2016 for a website that is no longer live. I am republishing it here with some minor edits.
This blog post contradicts itself
Every pro-blogger will tell you that there’s a big rule that’s important to follow: Don’t always write about yourself.
Most of the time when people start a blog, they go into it with the idea that they’re starting a personal, public journal where they can share their thoughts about what’s happening in life, pop culture, current events, or in their kitchen.
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A really strange confession
Donations are weird to me.
Not that I don’t like them or appreciate them. I really do! They can seriously make my day and let me know that you guys are having a great time.
It’s just that, for me at least, I feel like I don’t deserve to get donations. Like, do you people seriously like me and what I’m doing so much that you’re willing to, for lack of a better phrase, pay to see more?
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Why I don’t want to share my plans anymore
I’ve fallen into a trap. Or, really, I’ve been comfortably living in the bottom of this trap for quite some time.
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I’ve been trying to figure this website out for a long time
It’s finally arrived! I know I’ve been promising a new website since… oh, I don’t know, I reached my first 100 subscribers on YouTube? Wow, OK. So that was quite a long time ago. My bad. 😳 NO EXCUSE
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It’s us against the world
Interpersonal relationships can sometimes be difficult to navigate. Especially when they’re with people you’ve never met, on the other side of the world, with totally different backgrounds and cultures and approaches to life.
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Most days I don’t know what I’m doing
I guess that’s fine, really. I doubt any of us really know exactly what the best course of action is for tomorrow. We’ve got these ideas in our minds about what we want to do, but then life comes and