I have not published a post since April 20th, 2026. That’s over a month without checking in, for that I am sorry. Last time I posted, I mentioned my struggles with writing. I’m still struggling. There are so many ideas swimming around in my head, I find myself loosing focus when I sit down to write.
I have been filling my time up with a lot of other things. It’s been almost a year since I was laid off. My unemployment has run it’s course, so I am starting to drive for Uber on a regular basis. Not to worry, between the unemployment and my increase in Uber driving, I will be alright financially for some time.
I am pursuing some technical certifications that I hope will help me get some freelance work. Currently I am working on a CompTIA Security certification. The goal is to possibly break onto forensic data analysis.
I am also continuing my deep dive into AI. I want to understand how to set up, train, and run a local LLM in my own home lab. It’s a challenging series of online courses but tickles my tech funny-bone.
My list of interests is broad. I listed them out not to long ago, and was surprised by the scope:
- Self Hosted Tech
- Bible/Scripture Study
- Cryptids
- Paranormal
- Psychology / Human Behavior
- Philosophy
- Criminal Investigations
- Forensics
- True Crime Stories
- Documentaries
This should give me plenty to write about, but I get stuck in trying to pick just one or two. My coach says that I need to pick just one or two things to talk about, however I find that to be difficult since I enjoy all the above for different reasons. Most of the time, narrowing one’s focus should help them be more productive, but for me it has the opposite effect. It inhibits my content creation.
So, I am going to conduct an experiment. For the next 100 days, I am going to look at this list, grab the first subject that jumps out at me and write something about it. I am not sure if I will post every day, but I am committing to writing every day on one of these subjects.
If what I write seems likes it’s any good, I will post it. If not, I will move on to the next topic. I miss writing but feel as though limiting myself has added a lot of friction and resistance to my writing. The only way I can see out of this rut is to write what I want to write about and worry about monetization later.
I really hope you will join me on this journey of self-discovery.
—Daniel