Yet another "first-post"

Well, I’ve probably started over so many times already that this one should be called something different. However, each time the reasons are new, the platforms are different, the motivation is different — and in the end, I myself am probably different.

So yes, instead of putting all this into the "About" section, let me structure it here, in this "yet another first post".

Why?

Documenting the journey

Back then, I started with the simple purpose of documenting my life. It might still remain one of the main motivations, although now it’s wrapped in all these side quests.

What?

I called these “side quests”, though one can argue that a collection of those boils down to actual life.

Tennis: this is actually potentially a very big topic for me, and surprisingly not really tennis-related. The second post on this very blog elaborates on how I decided to “become a tennis player.”

Learning languages: the country I live in and sincerely call my home speaks neither my mother tongue nor English. Although it’s not easy, I think being able to speak and express yourself in the language your community speaks is an integral part of integration. And it’s also polite 🤷‍♂️

Nowadays, we are not really exposed to forced communication, especially written communication, particularly if one works in English. Many things can be done online, others are facilitated by AI. I thought this platform could actually be a good way to teach myself to write in German as well. Calmly, in a fairly controlled environment. Let’s see.

Trying new (for me) technologies: going through my thoughts and using this blog as a validation tool, learning to express myself. Finance, data analysis, investing, programming (actually even this very platform), managing GCP, etc. etc.

Coach philosophy: or maybe better to say “walking-the-dog philosophy,” because sometimes I just drown in reflections on life and deep stuff — and not-so-deep stuff as well.

But first and foremost, it is about documenting my life.

How?

I think for years I’ve tried wandering from one social media platform to another. It’s simply overwhelming.

I mean, look — yes, at first one can ask: what’s wrong with Instagram or TikTok or whatever else for this purpose? A lot of things, honestly, but in particular the brain rot they promote. Not only for content consumers, but creators as well.

Content is extremely fast. If it takes more than two seconds to consume, it becomes irrelevant. It pushes every participant in this system to live in a meme/shorts paradigm. There is no place for thinking.

And don’t get me wrong — I’m not trying to sound pompous or arrogant, it’s just what it is.

If one wants to talk, there is no place for it.

I actually believe that even Facebook might be better, but it’s so utterly dull and ugly that I might as well just make my own dull ugly thing :-)

The second reason is “vanity.” This notorious vanity. Likes, followers, etc. etc.

I’m a human being — I would inevitably fall for it, and I don’t want to. I don’t want to think about how many people agree with me, or even care about what I say or show. Maybe it doesn’t apply to everything. E.g. if I start a YouTube channel around one of my tennis ideas, views are of course important — but not this cocky vanity.

And those platforms are deeply infused with the idea of vanity, which is the death of creativity.

So long story short, I think my answer to “how?” became a logical derivative of “what?”.

Ok, I’ll stop here. See ya.