It has long been my intention to start a blog — partly to fulfil a need for expression, and partly to keep myself engaged in small personal projects. In these times, human motivation often requires some external push, especially as technology, for all its convenience, has a way of making us more passive. Perhaps “the curse of technology” is not too strong a phrase after all.1
Before outlining the blog’s goals, I should say something about my own. I created this platform primarily to sharpen my engineering knowledge and English writing skills, while gradually building an audience whose engagement will keep me accountable. In the longer term, I intend to compile the posts published here into a book.
The blog’s main goal is to bring together a niche group of people to discuss and debate topics across civil engineering, finance, philosophy, and everyday life — functioning as a non-profit hub for the open exchange of knowledge.
Will it succeed? Most likely not. Yet it is always better to try than to do nothing at all. Time passes regardless.
This is not my first attempt. Over the years I have tried Blogger and WordPress on more than one occasion, each time abandoning the project before it truly began. This time feels different — though only time will tell.
This is not my first attempt at a website like this. Over the years I have started on Blogger and WordPress more than once — each time abandoning it before things ever got off the ground. Perhaps it was a lack of motivation, perhaps simply the wrong timing. This time, I have a feeling things will be different. But that is easy to say; in the end, only time will tell.
- The funny part is that this paragraph was revised by AI. ↩︎
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