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  • Dan drinking beer from a Wye Valley Brewery pint glass.

    [Bloganuary] The Gift of Time

    The best gifts I've ever received have been those that take me out of my routine (or give me the time and space to do so for myself!).

    Read more - about 3 minutes (573 words)

    • Article
    • posted 4 January, 2024
  • Standing in a study bedroom, Dan shows off his certificate of admission to the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

    [Bloganuary] Alumnus

    Bloganuary wants to know what colleges I've attended. Let's take a tour of my experience of further education.

    Read more - about 5 minutes (1094 words)

    • Article
    • posted 3 January, 2024
  • Dan with his thumbs-up in front of the high-score table (with the top-ranking spot about to be filled) of Wonder Boy, on a generic "80s Arcade Classics" arcade cabinet.

    [Bloganuary] Playtime

    Do I get to "play" in my daily life? Absolutely. For this Bloganuary prompt, I'm looking at the ways in which I play.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (693 words)

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    • 3 comments
    • posted 2 January, 2024
  • A person wearing a cardboard box on their head, labelled "BRAIN". Above, a hand reaches from out-of-frame to hold a sign labelled "IDEA" above them.

    [Bloganuary] My Biggest Challenge

    What's the biggest challenge on my horizon as I come into the New Year? Right now, it feels like it's Bloganuary! But there's an underlying challenge of winter motivation and procrastination that makes Bloganuary seem so hard.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (498 words)

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    • 1 comment
    • posted 1 January, 2024
  • Blog posts by type and month, a graph showing how articles barely change throughout the year but reposts are highest in the first half of the year, checkins peak in the spring and summer, and notes get a big boost in November.

    Reply to An Accidentally β€˜Anti-January’ January



    Siobhan said:



    I fell off the blogging bandwagon just as everyone else was hopping onto it.

    ...


    Siobhan Bamber

    I was just thinking the same! It felt like everybody and their dog did Bloganuary last month, meanwhile I went in the opposite direction!

    Historically, there's been an annual dip in my blogging around February/March …

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    • 1 comment
    • posted 7 February, 2022

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