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Zachary Wilson
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Why... here?

Almost didn't make it this week. Covid finally blew threw the house last weekend, leaving no one unaffected in its wake. Surprised it took this long, to be honest. We're all doing better now though.

Being that my week has been spent studying, fighting illness and a 3-day training stint at the office, i'll share something i found interesting in the tl;dr newsletter from Clint Gibler. If you're not familiar, i highly recommend his content, as do others.

 
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It's easy to find something to pique one's curiosity in Clint's newsletter, but this particular item immediately reminded me a) i hadn't published anything this week and b) i guess there are valid reasons why i should continue. I have been wondering, as my cloud resume project is basically done from a progress-recording perspective, whether i would continue to post here in the DEV Community. Again, my reason for being here in the first place was only because it was a specific bullet point of that challenge.

Then i read Jack Rhysider's tweet detailing 17 reasons why you should be blogging (yes, you).

While i didn't feel every reason he listed resonated with me personally, overall he makes very good points. Something about being here, publishing my often haphazard thoughts for the world to see, makes me a little uneasy... a little uncomfortable.

And that's exactly why i know i should continue. I don't ever expect to use this forum as my personal technical notebook, and i'm not trying to prove to anyone that i know anything. But this is a different vibe, a different skill set altogether, and (i admit) i do enjoy it.

So, my blogging friends, keep writing!

And, as always, thanks for reading =]

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Casper

"The website's content means everything to the publisher, but it could mean nothing to the rest of the world."

This quote is amazing. I've had the same mindset for a while. I have a blog but few know I have it and I don't advertise it. I don't post my blogposts here on dev.to because I don't want it to be a chase for likes. I just want to write because it is fun. If someone stumbles upon it and find it interesting then that's great, but it's not the goal.

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Zachary Wilson

I agree with you, as much as i hope someone enjoys something i publish, this really is an exercise for me. Thanks for your feedback!

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Zachary Wilson

Thanks Jeremy, i will =]

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