I can’t run away, If I want it now, I can’t sleep on me, I have to make a sound, I am down for it all, I am ready to be brave, I am on the journey, To get everything I crave.
I have been working hard lately, my holiday season is all over the place. So much investments, so much focus and reading. I am loving the inspiration for new possibilities. I am paying attention very niche and unique experiences.
Something has clicked in me. So much to speak on and write about, but I have to just pace myself. In December to wrap up 2023, the roller coaster ride, I am focus on just a lot of self care and appreciation.
I hope everyone a safe end of year. I am going to love hearing and reading about everyone’s year wrap up.
Can you say stressing? Yes, stressing. I am working on updating my website for 2024, and it’s giving me the feels. I am experimenting new themes and features, and geez it is quite a rush. Being a web developer for over 15 years, I am not easily satisfied for myself, as I usually keep a theme for 3 years and then update, so this new push is a big decision. With all the new pricing formats for WordPress, it’s an investment. The glory days of FREE themes, and unlimited free themes are all gone. The free version of WordPress is over, well unless you are trying to stay really simple. So as time passes by, 2024 is almost here.
Well yup, the numbers sound just about right, Happy 16th Year Blog Anniversary. The Jixi Fox blog was born in October 2007, just a few months before my debut music/poetry album independently made Kreative Expressions. In these beginning years, it was a proud moment and the internet was evolving. So many services to choose from but I choose code, “Code is Poetry” for I write poetry and life in my words. I wrote deep and short pieces that related with others and help build this strong community we have now on WordPress.
From the (4) WordPress Word Camps I have attended & hosted and more to come, I knew my writing career and expressive creative writing was here to stay. From the depths of college years back then when no really knew what blogging and seo was, I was there, guiding, commenting, promoting, laughing and enjoying words of others.
As much as this is a celebration for me, for I will honor every year, it’s a celebration to all the writers, bloggers, creatives, to keep pushing. Keep creating and connecting.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
I started to celebrate a lot more of me these special moments and milestones starting 2021. I was always told, I just kept going and never take a time to look back and see where I have come from.
Thanks to anyone who ever viewed, dropped a like or just a kind friend who came over to my home. #community.
I have been experimenting with ideas and just wanted some fresh perspectives. Reading others blog is a good way to spark a new atmosphere and praise them also with a comment or two, or three, to appreciate them posting and sharing.
In writing this, I had an old idea I wanted to test. So here goes it. I am going to apply that to my blog. Poof.
Speaking aloud is a great tool, to brainstorm, hold yourself accountable, and also in directly or directly ask for help or feedback.
QUESTION
What books you reading these days? I need book options.
It’s important to take time out for you. Sometimes you have to make that call to cancel plans and go outside. Today was one of those days. So I am sharing my happiness through words. I needed that today.
Hi friends and cool peeps of the blog. Was going to add a photography post in for today, then realized I had 2500 posts on my site? Like wow, I have been writing quite a long time. Not to mention I have 4 other blogs separate from my site. It don’t seem too too crazy, but I remember nights and a few years of grinding, writing, networking, and just pushing my content. Definitely can’t forget those days.
I would like to say this is a surprising milestone of some sort. Goes to show to not give up and something you love.
Either way, as this will be 2,501 posts on my site, I am still excited to say there is more to come. Currently I have been working on a music album, which takes me away for a few days each week, so summer time shall be more free time for me.
I am absolutely scheduled fun in my next few months. Just following the path, and also a few items I am adding to my online store is on it’s way. I am thankful to still be writing and have peers in the space. Still grateful for people in the world to still be writing and creating to add more value back into the community and more.
Cheers to 2,501 posts. I guess it until I delete some, then it won’t be up there, but ehhhh, I don’t think I have any posts I would want to delete either way.
Be safe and have a cool weekend.
Anyone doing any BBQs or beach visiting this weekend?
Letting go is hard, But rose did it, Right after a sinking boat, In the water, And it was cold, I mean she was cold, Like for real, Goes to show, You can’t hold on to everything, Even love.
I have been going back and forth if I should do a year in review series, and I couldn’t decide for a while. But I am pretty clear I need to. For me, writing is therapy and a way to document my actions, moments, success, failures, and more. I am not ashamed of my failures or lost motions in which a lot of those happen this year. But in the end I learned tremendously and evolved as a human being so much, I am thankful of the process.
So how my Year In Review typical goes. I have posts like, the best or top tv shows, music, wins, losses, best achievement, best investments, best moments, and like favorite photos of the year, and come up with like a quote of caption that sums up the year.
I helps open up conversation with others and share moment that meant a lot to me.
Let me know if you do a reflection of your year in life, and journal about it or jot down the good and bad. 🙂
Static flow, Mo money, Mo dough, No fluffy, Everything exposed, Stoner’s so puffy, I bless you when I sneeze, I am so stuffy, Let me go, So I can run, I came here for the games, Here to have fun, Bring the smoke, I will disappear, I am everywhere, Atmosphere.
