Years ago, in one autumn, I devised a little 2-month, 2-part project on the theme of excess. The first part involved reading books and watching films in which people indulged in drink, drugs and sex to excess. The second part involved attempting to replicate that scenario myself. As you can see, I failed somewhat. I did, however, stay busy, and had plenty to blog about. I did this in conjunction with National Blog Posting Month, or NaBloPoMo. This challenge was to blog every day for a month. I managed 30 posts in 30 days. I’ve done similar projects over the years.
This time, the aim isn’t to blog every day but it is to fill the month with as much activity as possible: gym classes, skipping, films about partying or crime, supermarket herb highs, illicit drugs, plus I’ll be reading books on such subjects. Furthermore, I have a cupboard full of alcohol bottles and very little space inside it. It’d be great to polish off a few to allow for some new ones. Lots of fruit to combat the inevitable hangovers. I’ll try and fit in a few more meetups, look for events that might make good blog posts – protests, demos, launches etc. I might even dare myself to try some conventions further afield, comic cons that would require a hotel. I’ve never done that before.
There is a strong likelihood that I will pass the 2 million blog hit mark inside the month. I'm currently at:
Overall blog hits: 1,924,045
Last month: 180,436
Yesterday: 2,319
Why?
Life is short. There’s so much I’ve wanted to do that I never managed. I’m 43. I’ve made a lot of mistakes in my life, and I’ve robbed myself of so many opportunities. I don’t want that to happen again.
Carpe diem and all that.