For a few years now I’ve continued to pursue my bucket list goals, but have done so in a private manner. I’ve not done any blogging and I’ve essentially spent zero time on social media. This has all been very liberating and a great experience at large.
However, I now want to get back to parts of this – especially some more informative bucket list goals pursuits via blogging and vlogging. As for social media, I’m not sure how much I can force myself to use it and promote matters there. We’ll see. I genuinely believe that social media is making our lives more miserable in so many regards (though yes, it has some positives too), and I cringe a bit about the thought of potentially (though not intentionally) becoming part of that toxic nature of social media; be it “selling” these facades of our daily lives, “selling” fake dreams and realities, making people feel less about themselves (than the other way around), and so forth. So at the very least, I’ll try to be extra cautious of such going forward.
Anyways, there are several reasons why I want to give vlogging a go.
Importantly, my girlfriend (Polly) and I, want to start a bit of a vlogging adventure together – and I think this could be a great avenue for us to work closer together, learn new things and further grow together – while at the same time creating everlasting memories. On a separate, unrelated note, since it has been many years since I blogged the last time, those of you who know me quite well will also know that some of the website content here deals with my ex girlfriend… So, I gotta clean that up somewhat too! ๐ย
Secondly, learning how to create better videos will overall help enhance my skillsets around storytelling – and doing so in a visual format. This will help personal endeavours and importantly it will aid and benefit the work that I do for the social impact organizations that I have started or am supporting. I’ve done a crap job at this to date and hardly anyone knows the amazing work that I/we are doing. =
And thirdly, by creating better content and stories, there’s a chance I can better inspire and teach others, be it my own bucket list matters, or my non-profit work, or in regards to software and productivity matters. We’ll see about this one! I do at least think that I got valuable tips and insights to share, and then we’ll see if you think so too!
Anyways, that’s just my quick ramblings about the road ahead for this website. While there are some immediate plans in terms of blog posts, because Polly and I have recently started recording some videos, as for the website as a whole I’m still not sure about the long-term plans. I still hope to turn the website into more of a collective portal where, for example, yourself could add your goals and collaborate and share with your friends and family – but I also realize my technical limitations and limited time for this. And maybe it doesn’t make sense anyways, and if I decide to pursue this in the future, it may make sense to completely do it on a different website/app. We’ll see! ๐ย
Have a wonderful day, and keep remembering: you’re awesome – just the way you are ๐ย
Best,ย
Jon
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