Negativity broke my blogging

Last year I wrote a fair number of articles. I thoroughly enjoyed getting back into the habit. Well, “habit” may be a tad lofty, considering I only kept it up for a few months.

To be fair, it may have been the busiest my life has ever been, so far. Between organising our civil ceremony, buying a house, starting a new job at LEGO, and throwing the largest do in my life—our wedding party in Romania—life has been quite full.

So what’s the negativity about? Looking at my drafts folder, I noticed a bit of a negative undertone. I’ve been wanting to write about why I think traffic is so bad around Copenhagen, but it ended up sounding like I was criticising Danes. One of the pieces I spent the most time on, and which was so chronophage that I ended up not publishing anything for nigh on a year, was about a podcast episode so lopsided and biased in its reporting that it made me feel icky about the entire show. While researching and writing about said episode—and the wider context of the show, the journalist, and their past—I realised I didn’t want to listen to them anymore.

Another piece was about UX seemingly being worsened, for years, on very popular websites. This was, again, mostly about specific Danish websites.

Overall, that negativity discouraged me from writing. It wasn’t enjoyable to actually write about these things. Yes, I love arguing. Yes, I love a good zinger. But it’s draining. And with all the stuff that is required of me, I feel strained enough as it is.

All of this to say that, while I might not remove all the drafts from the folder, I will most definitely be getting rid of a few, and I will try to focus on writing about things that actually bring me joy.