A Trip Down the Blogging Memory Lane

I've been thinking recently about blogging again.  I still follow some bloggers on social media (mostly bluesky) that I used to read daily like Night Owl Cards, Baseball Cards Fan and Not Another Baseball Card Blog.  At times, I believe I've seen The Chronicles of Fuji and some others on Twitter, not that I'm there much these days.  

It's sad to see so many bloggers have stopped posting.  I hope they've just stopped the posting and not collecting.  I hope they are still with us.  I know Shoebox Legends is still collecting, evolving his collection and adding some great cards because I watch his YouTube videos.  

I can't blame anyone for leaving.  I did it.  I did a different blog/website that I am no longer paying for but for some reason is still there.  I didn't enjoy it anymore.  I thought it would be easy to put together a website and post that could bring in some money for revenue.  I was wrong.  I discovered that when money becomes a part of what you're doing and you feel obligated to post regularly, it takes the fun out of it.  Sounds kinda like worrying about selling cards, no?  

Then I did YouTube for awhile.  I ran into the same feeling after awhile that I had felt with the website.  I felt obligated to post videos regularly.  It felt like a job that I was doing for free.  One of the things I was looking for was interaction and I just didn't feel I was getting the interaction I was hoping for.  Collecting is fun, but it's more fun when you're sharing with others and talking about the cards and hobby.  

I've been on Instagram for years and ran into the same thing.  I felt somewhat obligated to post and didn't receive the interaction I was hoping for.  

Which brings me back to this blog.  Should I make a return?  Would it be the same?  Are there people still in the blogosphere that want to interact with me?  Are there new blogs?  So many questions.  

What I do know is that I've spent the last couple hours looking through this blog.  There are so many stories I told that I've forgotten about.  I've seen a couple posts from the weeks before I got married (we're at seven years and still going strong) and it was fun to remember those days, some of the details and how I was feeling.  

Tonight, I learned what I'm sure many others have known for years...our blogs are part of our collecting history and journey.  They are a time capsule.  They likely don't chronicle the whole journey, but they certainly chronicle large chunks.  

As I get closer to 50, I need these trips down memory lane and these happy memories.  It's good for me.  I haven't made a decision on whether I should start writing again but at the same time, maybe I have.