I have given up on segregating content about my 500 hobbies, now - I just post whatever the hell I want, whenever I want. If I'm not happy with it, I won't post it.
Having come through a long period of unemployment, and being able to explore so many different things has been really healthy to me, and I expect absolutely zero engagement on the posts that I have coming next week which is a rewrite of my university thesis from 10+ years ago - and a total of something like 8000 words split into a series of four distinct posts.
I am here to have a ledger of my thoughts, and to dump my creative output.
I will also be publishing that one over on medium, but it is true, proper, academic long form content.
I look forward to it being wholly ignored on hive
Oh yeah, I don't even post about the majority of hobbies I have. I used to do it a little bit more, but I'm fine with just leaving Hive for a few days and focusing on them instead of feeling the need to write about them all.
I understand this fully. It's pretty much what I meant. For the longest time I think I spent too much time just on here and writing, curating, doing all the stuff I used to do. I ended up not doing those other interests I wanted to do, which I think did set me back a bit. My own fault, really! ;^) But now I have that awareness over balance.
Recently started a business, launched a website, starting finding ways to advertise myself and generally be a bit more outgoing and creative. Jumping into a number of different things that catch your interest almost feels like waking up after a long sleep, doesn't it?
This is unfortunate, but pretty much to be expected these days. I feel sorry for people that really do pour their time and hearts into something on here only for it to not really resonate with certain people and just end up ignored. But it is mostly an outcome of Hive just being so small and niche still.
I've had my work in two exhibitions this month, I'll be running a writing workshop for the local writers group, I've been writing my own fiction, I've been doing data / hive witness things, I am now on the committee for the local community gallery, My photograph has been in the newspaper two weeks in a row (for community engagement!) - I have a wedding to photograph in November, I've been going to the gym, I have been a househusband for my wife, and I start a new job November 10.
I have a lot on :P
I can do more though, I swear!
Oh,and I've been reading so many books...