I tallied the number of blog posts I wrote this year, compared it to last year, then the prior year, and all the way back to 2007 when I started blogging. The farther back I went correlated to an increased sensation of depression that I don’t write as much now as I wrote then.

I don’t need to tell you that social media is more prominent these days and there’s less of a motivation for me to write a long-form post such as this.

Which is to not say that I don’t want to write long-form, because I do, but because it’s silly to write out a rambling brainstorm such as this sentence instead of chopping my thoughts into bite-size portions on Twitter and other media.

This got me thinking that I want to write more and keep people here. I suppose I should also incorporate grammatical structures that WordPress allows and that social media does not.

For instance…

Wouldn’t you rather read a simple block of text on your mobile phone via your favorite social media platform than scrolling down a blog post to ascertain if the person has a point?

What if I wrote in bold letters?

What if I underlined my words?

What if I wrote in italics?

Would your attention span increase? I’m not going to write in bold or other formats merely to increase your attention because that’s a silly reason for me to write and for you to follow along.

• Ditto for bullet lists.
• There is a reason for using bullets.
• This example is not that reason.

I’ll use lists to make a point, not for the sake of using them.

This is what I know for 2019…

I’ll write more.

I’ll write with a purpose.

I’ll incorporate visual features to capture your attention.

And I’ll end my posts with a request for comments, social shares, and/or mental memories to return here for more.

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