Today marks the final day of the #weblogpomo2024 blogging challenge and I’m thrilled with what I’ve accomplished. My main aim was to post daily and re-engage with writing—a habit I’d lost over the years due to a busy life. I’m happy to report that I’ve managed to post almost every day, rekindling my love for writing in the process.
Although I’m uncertain if I’ll keep up the daily pace, I definitely want to incorporate frequent posts into my routine—perhaps several times a week. I’ve also had a great time enhancing my site, particularly integrating Scribbles and omg.lol. I love the omg.lol community and its fun tools, and I really appreciate how easy blogging is with Scribbles (sorry weblog.lol). With omg.lol developing a new CMS system, I might consider migrating to it once it’s ready. Regardless, this challenge has helped me fine-tune my site into something I love and enjoy updating and exploring.
Wrapping up, I want to share a link to my index of weblogpomo posts and also highlight some of my favorite entries from others during this challenge. I’ll write more on my Pomo bot tomorrow but it’s exciting to note that over 1,100 posts were sent out in May! Anyways - enjoy this list of curated posts, and thank you for following along!
- Chris kicked off interest in an interests slash page.
- Jedda shared her blogging workflow as well as cringe-worthy corporate speak.
- Jon shared about Tinylytics and not getting caught up in the numbers.
- Adam wrote about the importance of a good footer.
- I love grits and Michael shared his favorite.
- He also shared about hacking omg.lol.
- Jon’s mid-month checkin made me thoughtfully consider ideas, pacing and burnout.
- Kerri Ann’s writing routines writeup was a helpful read, as well as this one on zero days.
- Barry on Seeking Ikigai and Gardening The Blog.
- Adam blogged his favorite pokemon cards all month. This was my favorite.
- Robb shared his perfect albums.
- Annie’s thoughts on AI are worth reading whether you agree or not.
- I really like Keenan’s writing. Here, they talk on lyrics.
- Ben on blogging as “a mental health exercise.”
- R Scott Jones on how easy it is to start a website.
- Caro on finding a calm tech stack.
- Casual blogging is great (by Prealpinux)!
- I was fascinated reading Lou’s story about the Greensboro Massacre. I also found his post on what he doesn’t let cause anxiety important too. He also wins with this post on what he likes in a blog.
- Jon on learning to play with BotW. I felt this post so much - it was basically me, in January with Xenoblade Chronicles 3.
- Rach on putting the phone down made me think!
- And finally, Brandon writing on his experience of weblogpomo.
Looking forward to June, Robert Birming has the “write” idea with Junited - I’m tentatively planning to join in!