This is going to be one of the worst blogs ever. And I’m OK with that. 

Here are possibly the three most important rules of a successful blog, and how I intend to break each one.

Broken Rule # 1: Stick to one theme.

This blog has no theme.

A few years ago I started to write a book. And by “started” I mean I got a little over 20,000 words into it. The topic? Multipotentiality, or, the penchant to pursue multiple passions—not just to have many interests but to passionately immerse oneself in new things, with the aim of learning everything one can about each one, and gaining some level of expertise in each subject or skill or concept as quickly as possible. 

My partially-written book was such an unwieldy mash-up of stories and ideas that the reader (I was the only reader) was left wondering only one thing: what’s the point? While the theme of the book was multipotentiality, that concept is all about having no theme or a hundred themes, one after another or all at once. 

Welcome to my life. The life of a person with too many themes and yet never enough of them. 

When I finished college, I gave a speed at my graduation ceremony, in which I focused on the importance of finding your passion and pursuing it with all you’ve got. And that’s what I’ve done with my life. Again, and again, and again. 

So I suppose the purpose of this themeless blog is to try to make sense of it all. Perhaps by sharing some stories, ideas, adventures, pursuits and mistakes from the many things that make my life the kaleidoscope of pursuits that it is, I might figure out the why. Or maybe someone else will piece it together. Or maybe I’ll just enjoy putting it out there for whoever wants to take it all in. That brings me to the next broken rule. 

Broken Rule # 2: Know your audience.

This blog may not have an audience at all.

Without a theme, it would be mightily difficult to propose that a certain set of people ought to be inclined to read what I write here or to follow along. As well, I don’t plan on begging my friends to subscribe or leave comments or share my musings with their friends. 

This blog is for me. If you stumble across it or decide to try to keep up with it or to interact with it, that’s on you. If you think you can piece together what it all means, I’d be curious to know your conclusions—but I won’t be actively soliciting your feedback. 

Broken Rule # 3: Post regularly.

I won’t be committing to blogging at certain times or frequencies, or following certain formats or post-lengths. I might post 3 times in one week and then not at all for a month. I might post a 1,000 word rant, and then a 100-character unpunctuated sentence. I might just post a photo. Or maybe I’ll post a gallery of pictures

What you get is what you get, whenever you get it, however you get it. Don’t try to make sense of it—there is not, or is there likely to ever be, any sort of rationale. 

Stand by. More to follow.