ABOUT & WHY?
aBOUT ME
50 years old geezer living in The Netherlands. Living together with two lovely ladies. One of the human species, the other a Jack Russell:) Hobbies are music (collecting, still a wannabe DJ) travelling (France in summer, in the winter we love Thailand). When we are not travelling and I’m not listening to music, we also spent some time watching Netflix.
Picture on the right is me with our little dog Annie. Picture taken summer 2023 in Perros Guirec (France).
why this site
In 2023 heb ik mezelf uitgedaagd om iedere dag een blog te plaatsen met een Top 10. Hier onder vind je mijn initiele redenen om dit project te starten. In de blog van dag 365 vind je wat ik gedurende dat jaar allemaal geleerd of ontdekt heb.
Hoe nu verder met de site? Dit project is succesvol afgerond. Het is me gelukt om die 365 dagen dagelijks content te verzorgen. Stopt het nu? Nee, af en toe komen er nog steeds spontaan lijstjes in mijn hersenpan op. Dus af en toe zal ik nog wel eens een lijstje plaatsen. Maar de druk om dat dagelijks te doen is er niet meer.
For quite some time I have these random lists popping up in my head. Are they valuable? Nah, don’t think so, allthough sometimes they can be funny, helpful or whatever. And just like when you have an annoying song spinning inside your head, the best way to get it out is by actually playing that song. So for me I’m trying to get these silly lists out of my head by writing them down. On some days it will be just a list, on other days I might add some more context.
One of the other reasons, is that I want to learn how to build a website with WordPress. Had some ideas before, but I was not really convinced about the subject. And in addition I wanted to make the website all perfect at once. I now do have a subject, and the site is up and running. Still need to do work on it, but it does not have to be perfect at once. For me it is a learning project, so over the next 365 days the site will change a lot, and I am sure I will learn a lot.
Another reason is I would like to challenge myself. It would have been a lot easier if I just picked 52top10lists, but 365 sounds a lot cooler. Also procrastination is almost my middle name. So by challenging myself to provide a daily list, I hope to say goodby to my procrastination issues. In addition by providing a daily list, I am also challenging myself to work on this project on a daily basis, and upgrade my skills.
Last but not least, what’s in it for you, my reader? I hope I can a bring an occasional smile, inspire to read a book, listen to some good music or whatever the daily top10 is about.
Will this project end after 365 days? I really have no clue yet, let’s get started first, and see if I can come up with 365 lists.