by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
It definitely seems as though blogs are dead. Very, very, very few people read this blog on any specific day. I — apparently? — have some stalkers and hater readers who read this blog on a pretty religious basis. But, other than that, I have no idea why anyone reads this blog.
But it is flattering that *anyone* reads this blog these days.
I have to admit, that, I, myself, don’t read any blogs anymore other than this one — and I write it! I live in a very passive media cocoon where my media intake is whatever happens to puncture my Twitter feed. Other than Twitter, I really don’t consume any media.
I have vowed to myself that I’m going to watch some movies very, very soon, but I then turn around and punt that desire down the road. So, I don’t know. I really do need to start to consume media more instead of just (attempt) to produce it by working on a novel.
They say if you have time to write you have time to read. As such, I really, really need to do just that — read and watch, to be more specific. But I still find it a struggle to do any such thing. I just want to relax and daydream and, on occasion, work on my novel.
But I’m in something of an idyllic creative situation, so I need too acknowledge that and really lean into not just writing, but reading and watching too. I’m just so cantankerous about what it is that I want to watch. I’ve only really liked two TV shows in the last 15 years — 30 Rock and Mad Men.
Otherwise, meh.
Although, I did enjoy Fleabag and Mare of Easttown a lot, too.
Anyway. it definitely seems as though this is it for blogs — it’s over. I only keep writing on this blog because sometimes I need an outlet for longer writing.
