A lot of things begin but never really start. If anything, this blog is an experiment – will this be something I do frequently, or once? How often will I return to this website to write what’s on my mind?

I’ve tried to blog in the past, and never stuck with it. The first time, if I remember correctly, was on piczo.com and was probably the longest lasting commitment in terms of a blog I’ve ever kept. I must have been very young, around nine or ten, and it was of a reflection of my interests. I doubt the hit counter barely hit thirty but for some time at least I kept it updated with news I’d found of my childhood. (The only thing I ever wrote about was Runescape, Club Penguin or Pokemon, but damn it if I didn’t put my heart into it.)

I’ve dipped in and out of forums from time to time, and even tried Tumblr as a platform from which to write. It’s never really taken off but the inspiration has hit me again so I find myself thinking ‘why not?’.

I’m going to do this from a different perspective to see if I enjoy it any more. I’m going to avoid having expectations. I will simply add to this blog, until I get bored or until I have reason to change tact. The blog isn’t going to be a reflection of my interests, or an agony aunt platform (tried that before), or some other sort of sell. I’ll share my opinions but only as an offering to the audience – I’m not here to rally troops or change the world, but I feel like if I can be bothered with the commitment, I might have some interesting ideas that you’ll like.

Of course, who are you? Who is even going to stumble over this blog? That seems to be the struggle in the most part – a lot of the time when I’ve begun something I’ve given up because it hasn’t gone anywhere. I used to blog via YouTube at sixteen, and stopped from a mixture of giving up and getting bored. I would try and blog weekly, but the only real viewership I had was from the fifteen or so subscribed personal friends and whoever they chose to share the video with, which wasn’t many.

Gaining a fanbase seems unpredictable – the theory is that a good product sells or, to quote Field of Dreams, ‘if you build it, they will come’. Sometimes you try and build and nothing comes of it, sometimes that’s because of you, sometimes that’s because you can’t get the audience. Sometimes you do something without really putting your heart into it and it takes off – around the time of my piczo blog I had a YouTube channel that ran for a good number of years until I forgot the password. I, again, only ever made videos about my nerdier interests, but I could only film through a 140p, blurry, soundless webcam or a heavily pixelated screen recorder. Astoundingly, some of those videos broke the 10,000 view mark, the highest reaching forty. Where’s the rulebook?

Following that logic, I’ve realised there really isn’t a formula unless you’re willing to put your heart and soul into it. I’m not hiring writers, advertising around, or buying the business package for WordPress. I’m just an 18 year old boy in Sixth Form, looking to go to university next year, with a part time job, revision and a social life to tend to, so chances are slim. But if I get time, maybe this will come to mind, and maybe I’ll write something.