A 2000 post re-evaluation. What do you think?

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This is my 2000th post on Opher’s World.

I started blogging in May 2014 so I suppose that is quite good going. At any milestone it is always good to re-evaluate what the aims are and what has been achieved.

I set out to write my blog to do a number of things:

  1. To share all the various aspects of my creative life (My writing, poetry, photography and art)
  2. To have an outlet for my views and opinions
  3. To publicise my books
  4. To hone my skills in a different way
  5. To influence the world and be part of a positive force for change
  6. To highlight the huge problems with overpopulation, environmental destruction, extinction of species, political madness, fundamental religion and social stupidity
  7. To communicate my love of nature
  8. To share my musical tastes
  9. To have a bit of fun

So? Whose to judge the success of this venture? Well I can give my opinion but the real arbiters are you – the readers of my posts. I seemingly have 5500 followers in 150 different countries (though I never hear from most of them – I think they are fictitious). Have you found them informative, inspiring, entertaining and purposeful?

From my perspective it has been a mixed bag.

  1. I’ve certainly shared my creativity. There’s a wealth of writing, poems, photos and painting in these 2000 posts
  2. I’ve vented my spleen on anything that’s taken my fancy
  3. I’ve noticed that every single time I publicise my books the sales dip. I’m not sure what that tells me? In that sense it appears to have been counterproductive
  4. It has been interesting to try writing (and thinking) in a different medium
  5. I haven’t yet solved all the world’s problems. But I do believe that we have to keep plugging away. There are millions of us out there. We can make a difference.
  6. I have certainly highlighted problems and solutions.
  7. I hope I have communicated my love of nature
  8. There are heaps of posts on lyrics, bands, singers and Rock Music (in its widest sense) – the things and people that have influenced me.
  9. I have had fun and interacted with some brilliant new friends all over the world.

Well Thank you all. I’m not quite sure where this journey is going. I think I will likely take a break from blogging for a while and see what else life has to offer. Blogging is remarkably time consuming. It has distracted me from my books.

Perhaps it is time to put it into perspective.