Using Panacea
Wanting over the weblog posts of the previous 12 months reveals a gentle decline within the manufacturing of tales, essays, and messages together with the attendant images which have been a secure of Scooter within the Sticks for 15 years.
Any deep investigation of this development has been prevented, handed off to the realm of driving the place an imagined revelation would happen and supply a stable, succinct roadmap for the way forward for Scooter within the Sticks.
I’ve been generously rewarded by driving my scooters and bikes. Perception, understanding, and readability revealed throughout a journey haven’t been unusual. However to assume driving is a panacea that may substitute considering and arduous work is just not true. A minimum of for me.
So I’ve been combating what to do with this weblog.
Simply Shut the Ebook
Greater than as soon as I’ve thought Scooter within the Sticks has reached a pure conclusion and I ought to create one final put up to say goodbye to these readers who’ve subscribed and adopted alongside as I posted my ideas and experiences.
I’ve learn that blogs are useless. Judging by the dramatic decline in visitors I can see how that could be the case. However there are nonetheless tens of millions of blogs with tens of millions extra being created yearly. So there’s that.
Closing doorways, burning bridges and saying goodbyes has by no means felt good. A lingering unease of error and remorse probably gasoline these emotions. So closing the e book on Scooter within the Sticks at this cut-off date received’t occur.
I’ve been driving constantly for the reason that final put up and thru the chilly of winter right here in Central Pennsylvania. Some rides, like the newest on the Vespa ET4, had been to run a couple of errands and train the fluids and the drive prepare of the machine to maintain it limber by means of instances of much less than-normal driving.
Apply Drive
Simply do it idiot. Drive your self to create extra weblog posts and shut up. Or power your self to not care and simply do what you need. Relating to creating extra posts I’ve to ask myself, “Why?”
There have been constructive outcomes from Scooter within the Sticks. I’ve met different riders and bloggers. I’ve gained data and perception from the numerous who’ve shared and commented over time. And the posts have served as a sort of non-public historical past by means of which I can peer into my previous in a means that’s extra correct than reminiscence.
I’m proof against power. One thing else motivates me to motion.
Enter YouTube
A 12 months in the past I made a decision to start producing video content material on YouTube. The plan was to not eradicate weblog posts, however the work required to script and produce movies consumed extra time than deliberate, and writing weblog posts received misplaced within the shuffle.
And surprisingly, YouTube generates income. Not loads, however sufficient to cowl gasoline each month.
Wandering down the video manufacturing path was undertaken as a substitute for writing essays for the weblog. I had grown weary of writing. Creating movies was a difficult puzzle that altered my curiosity and power in creating one thing centered on driving. Earning money was by no means a spotlight however has been a nice shock.
Writing a Ebook
If there’s a mercenary side to any of this it’s within the considering that if I ever end one in all my books, the weblog can be an excellent place to promote it. A BIG if, that concept of me ending a e book. However there it’s.
The Eclectic Strategy
The trail shifting ahead that holds probably the most promise is an eclectic one, paved with no matter content material I create, discover fascinating or in any other case deem worthy of setting within the digital stone of Scooter within the Sticks. And the way typically that could be? I don’t know. All I do know is I’m releasing myself from my very own arbitrary objectives relating to posting frequency.
So till subsequent time, I hope you’re nicely and driving safely.
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