It seems like this time every year I begin to analyze my priorities and think about how I want to spend my time during the upcoming year. One regret that I have had for the past several years is that I have not put enough effort into creating content for HIVE. In fact, I made a post about it around this time last year. I fully intended to make at least a couple of posts every week, and I did okay through the month of January. However, things really dropped off after that... and I mean REALLY dropped off!

Look at that! I only made one post after the month of January. So, I've been thinking about why I suddenly quite posting.

The Breakdown

The last several years have been kind of crazy, and it is generally around this time that I begin thinking "things have to get back to normal next year!" But, so far, that hasn't happened. In fact, each year has seemed to be exponentially more insane than the one before it.

So, What's Been Going On?

More like what hasn't been going on!? In retrospect, 2020 was a pretty awesome year for me! As a school teacher, I had the opportunity to work from home for almost half the school year. This allowed me to spend lots of time with my kids and opportunities to do more of the things that I enjoy. While the whole world was coming apart at the seams, I was investing a lot of my time into content creation, and it really paid off! My YouTube Channel got monetized, and I was pretty consistent posting here on HIVE.

Since then... well, Life has happened. I've changed jobs. I've gone back to school to earn my master's degree... while still working at my new job. We've had 2 of our kids graduate from High School. We've faced a myriad of health problems concerning our children. There's been family drama, farm losses, and a whole host of other challenges. It seems like we haven't had a spare second to just breathe. It has all been very overwhelming, and I have pretty much lost the motivation to make videos or share anything.

The Plan Going Forward

After thinking about it, I think the main reason why I have lost motivation when it comes to content creation is that none of the things that have been going on in my life align with the themes that I create content about; I generally tend to focus on homesteading and gardening. Furthermore, I am a pretty private person. I tend not to overshare when it comes to things going on in my life. It's not that I have a problem with people knowing things about me; It's just not my default mode to blabber about myself. But, if I want to get back into creating content, I think I'm going to have to start incorporating more of my personal life into my videos and posts.

So, for 2024, my content creation goals are going to be to release at least 2 videos each month on YouTube and to make at least 2 posts each week here on HIVE. My YouTube videos will still focus primarily on Homesteading/Gardening, but I plan on branching out here on HIVE and just sharing a little bit of everything.