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+title: >-
+    New Year, New Resolution
+description: >-
+    This blog is about to get some action.
+---
+
+At this point I'm fairly well known amongst friends and family for my new year's
+resolutions, to the point that earlier this month a friend of mine asked me
+"What's it going to be this year?". In the past I've done things like no
+chocoloate, no fast food, no added sugar (see a theme?), and no social media.
+They've all been of the "I won't do this" sort, because it's a lot easier to
+stop doing something than to start doing something new. Doing something new
+inherently means _also_ not doing something else; there's only so many hours in
+the day, afterall.
+
+## This Year
+
+This year I'm going to shake things up, I'm going to do something new. My
+resolution is to have published 52 posts on this blog by Jan 1, 2022, 00:00 UTC.
+Only one post per day can count towards the 52. A post must be "substantial" to
+count towards the 52. A non-substantial post would be something like the 100
+word essay about my weekend that I wrote in first grade, which went something
+like "My weekend was really really really ('really' 96 more times) really really
+boring".
+
+Other than that, it's pretty open-ended.
+
+## Why
+
+My hope is that I'll get more efficient at writing these things. Usually I take
+a lot of time to craft a post, weeks in some cases. I really appreciate those of
+you that have taken the time to read them, but to be frank the time commitment
+just isn't worth it. With practice I can hopefully learn what exactly I have to
+say that others are interested in, and then go back to spending a lot of time
+crafting the things being said.
+
+Another part of this is going to be learning how to market myself properly,
+something I've always been reticent to do. Our world is filled with people
+shouting into the void of the internet, each with their own reasons for wanting
+to be heard. Does it need another? Probably not. But here I am. I guess what I'm
+really going to be doing is learning _why_ I want to do this; I know I want to
+have others read what I write, but is it possible that that desire isn't
+entirely selfish? Is it ok if it is?
+
+Once I'm comfortable with why I'm doing this it will, hopefully, be easier to
+figure out a marketing avenue I feel comfortable with putting a lot of energy
+towards. There must be at least _one_...
+
+So consider this #1, world. Only 51 to go.