{"id":1337,"date":"2012-04-19T21:47:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-20T01:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/?p=1337"},"modified":"2012-04-19T21:47:00","modified_gmt":"2012-04-20T01:47:00","slug":"a-farewell-to-blogging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/?p=1337","title":{"rendered":"A farewell to blogging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, life has many twists and turns.&#160; Sometimes we look at the path we\u2019re on and decide it\u2019s time to change courses.&#160; I sure know my life is changing, and, boy, it\u2019s been a fun ride.&#160; Everyday I\u2019m thankful for having the opportunity to do things and learn so much.&#160; This blog has chronicled my thoughts and ideas for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>I always knew I\u2019d stop blogging someday.&#160; And today I say farewell.&#160; Farewell blogging.<\/p>\n<p>You might ask: Why?&#160; My answer: Because I thought this blog was going to make me rich and famous, and my dreams did not come true.&#160; I tried to make this blog the ultimate destination for everyone.&#160; I did everything in my power to try to make everyone love me.&#160; And what did I get?&#160; Indifference.&#160; Neglect.&#160; Sure, there were some good times.&#160; But c\u2019mon, were they as good as I dreamed better times would be?&#160; No.&#160; No, they weren\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>So I have to say goodbye to blogging.&#160; I know I won\u2019t be able to do it anymore.<\/p>\n<p>You might ask: When?&#160; My answer: When I die.&#160; I have no idea when that will be.&#160; Until then I\u2019m going to continue blogging as normal, of course.&#160; But I just wanted to go ahead and say goodbye in advance while I had the chance.&#160; Some people have the chance and never take it.&#160; And then we\u2019re left wondering if they ever even really meant to say goodbye.&#160; I think everyone should say farewell to their blogs right now if they haven\u2019t done so already.&#160; Because you can\u2019t take blogs with you to the afterlife, probably, maybe.<\/p>\n<p>You might be thinking: Hey, Sean, I can take over your blog for you after your demise, just leave it to me!&#160; To which I say: Blasphemy!&#160; Blasphemy on high!&#160; Only I can write this blog!&#160; How dare you admit such hubris and arrogance!&#160; Oh, woe upon you!<\/p>\n<p>OK.&#160; I\u2019m glad I could get this farewell out of the way.&#160; It was really bothering me because for a long time I thought I had to blog in chronological order.&#160; And I do, for the most part.&#160; But when saying goodbye to a blog, it seems best to step out of the temporality of nature and give a respectful nod into the blurry fog of the future, because if there\u2019s one thing I know for sure, it\u2019s that an end to blogging lies somewhere in those clouds of dust.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, life has many twists and turns.&#160; Sometimes we look at the path we\u2019re on and decide it\u2019s time to change courses.&#160; I sure know my life is changing, and, boy, it\u2019s been a fun ride.&#160; Everyday I\u2019m thankful for having the opportunity to do things and learn so much.&#160; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7gI4B-lz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1337"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1337\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}