Blogging Stats: December and 2024
It's been a few months since I've tallied statistics about blogging, plus now it's the end of the year- time for retrospective.
I posted 70 journal entries in December. At an average of nearly 2.3 posts/day that's well over my stretch goal of 2/day. It was one of my bloggiest months since January 2024. Blogging about the trip my wife and I took to Panama- which I haven't even finished catching up on yet-was a big part of that blogginess but not all of it. Even earlier in the month I was averaging 2 posts/day, mostly through writing about Breaking Bad as I was watching it via our new Netflix subscription. That's also not done... but at least I'm not backlogged on it. I've got two more episodes to watch.
For the year in full I wrote 707 journal entries. That averages out to a bit over 1.9/day... just short of my stretch goal. It's down from my 2023 tally of 760 (2.08/day) and even 2022's total of 765. I was off my pace at various times this year as I struggled for motivation in writing. Nearly nobody I know writes journals anymore. They've all moved to Discord (mostly) and Facebook (some). Those tools certainly have their place, but that place involves short messages, 1-2 sentences at a time. I still prefer to think- and express myself- in longer form.
I posted 70 journal entries in December. At an average of nearly 2.3 posts/day that's well over my stretch goal of 2/day. It was one of my bloggiest months since January 2024. Blogging about the trip my wife and I took to Panama- which I haven't even finished catching up on yet-was a big part of that blogginess but not all of it. Even earlier in the month I was averaging 2 posts/day, mostly through writing about Breaking Bad as I was watching it via our new Netflix subscription. That's also not done... but at least I'm not backlogged on it. I've got two more episodes to watch.
For the year in full I wrote 707 journal entries. That averages out to a bit over 1.9/day... just short of my stretch goal. It's down from my 2023 tally of 760 (2.08/day) and even 2022's total of 765. I was off my pace at various times this year as I struggled for motivation in writing. Nearly nobody I know writes journals anymore. They've all moved to Discord (mostly) and Facebook (some). Those tools certainly have their place, but that place involves short messages, 1-2 sentences at a time. I still prefer to think- and express myself- in longer form.