The Last Day of Summer

Too quickly, my summer break has come to an end. It’s been an eventful escape from the norm, consisting primarily of spending several days in France, acquiring quite a few records and Pebbles, and most importantly, biking about 150 miles around the mundane place that I call home. However, all of that is over now, and the harsh reality of life going back to normal is finally upon me. So, here’s how all of that affects my site/blog and what you can expect next.

Fewer Blog Posts

I’ll admit, I haven’t posted here much in recent times. Sadly, this will likely only get worse as the year goes on. My goal of writing at least one post per month might finally be retired if things get really bad, but we’ll see.

More Thoughts and Musings

Something I really enjoy is writing about geeky stuff and sharing my objectively correct opinions regarding it. Honestly, writing boring reviews and update posts is very draining, and I hope to get away from that. I want this blog to be a place where I share my opinions on frivolous things I enjoy, and I hope to write more posts like this soon.

Site Refinements

I also plan to dedicate more time to improving my website. It’s cool, but I want it to be cooler. Thankfully, there is still plenty of room for improvement, so this is not a futile quest for perfection or something lame like that. Yeah, it’ll be cool. Not much else to say.

App Updates

Lastly, I’m afraid to say that I probably won’t be working on new apps or updates much. I’m guessing that I’ll be getting a lot of homework this year, and I have other things I prioritize over software development in my spare time now. I hope I’m wrong about my workload, though.

Final Remarks

I’d say that summer ending is bittersweet, but let’s be real, summer ending is entirely bitter and not at all sweet. I’m not going to pretend that this summer was flawless or without its low points, (of which there were actually many) but I had the opportunity to try a lot of new things this summer. Goodbye summer 2022, it’s been fun. Let’s hope that school isn’t a living hell this time around.

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