That’s a wrap for 2023

This is my last blog post for 2023, the end of my blogging year. This year had its ups and downs, but, overall, it was a marked improvement over the past few years. Being me, though, what I think about is that I wanted more.

This is the 26th post for December 2023, and the 159th for 2023, and I honestly thought both totals would be higher. However, that was probably an unlikely thing: The only month in 2023 in which I hit my old blogging goal of an average of one post per day was September, though 29 October was close.

Of course, numbers aren’t everything, and certainly not the only thing, but they do provide me with a way go gauge how I’m doing—not just at blogging, but in general. The months in which my output was lowest were probably also the months in which I was, too, of course, but my most productive months weren’t necessarily my best ones—just the ones in which I was most determined and made enough time.

As each year draws to a close, I look at my drafts folder and see all sorts of posts that never made it to the point where I click “Publish”. Sometimes I wasn’t happy with them, other times I got bored with them (it happens), and none of that is anything new. This year, as with other recent years, there were a lot that I never even began (often about politics…).

I have no idea what 2024 will be like, but considering the dramatic improvement 2023 was over 2022, and the fact that 2023 was my best year since 2019, I think a little celebration of this year is in order. This isn’t the first time that what I achieved was less than what I’d hoped for, and it won’t be the last time, either. It’s the way of life.

Basically, this year was—a year. May 2024 be better for us all.

And, that’s a wrap for 2023.