Today marks my 730th consecutive day posting to this blog. I have written at least one post per day, every day, for the last two years. I think technically, the September 5th marks 2 years, but today is still 730 consecutive days. Maybe because of the leap year?
This streak started with me responding to one of WordPress‘s assigned daily writing prompts one day. I didn’t think much of it. I wasn’t even particularly proud of my response to the prompt. But the thing is, I saw traffic on my blog go up significantly. And just like every other dopamine, addicted, social media junkie, I decided I would write the following day as well. And then the next. And then it continued.
Gradually, I started recognizing some people who are normally liking or commenting on my posts. Intern, I started liking and following them and responding to their posts as well. I felt like I was starting to build a little bit of a blogging network. sure, some people have come, and some people have gone in the two years since, but I do feel like I have a dedicated, core group of readers.
I really had no intention of going on any sort of extended writing streak. After a few days of increased traffic, I wanted to see what it would look like if I wrote every day for a week. Those numbers made me want to see what would happen if I wrote every day for a month. I don’t exactly remember when it happened, but I eventually put the challenge to myself to see what would happen if I wrote every day for an entire year.
Where I’ve been
Two years ago at this time, I was just starting my job at my current school. Today I’m entering year three. Also, two summers ago was when I finally started to get serious about “ballpark chasing“. That was when I went to Pittsburgh and Chicago. Since then, I’ve made it to another 5 new parks between 2024 and 2025.
Kid 1 was just starting his junior year of high school two years ago. He’s about to begin his freshmen year at Wisconsin. He’s in the cusp of an amazing experience. Kid 2 continues to grow, seemingly by leaps and bounds every day. He might be my starkest reminder of the idea that the hours and the days go by slow, but the years go by fast.
“I feel young”
Near the end of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, just after the memorial service for Spock, a photon torpedo containing his body has been shot to the Genesis planet, thus setting the table for part III. Dr. McCoy ask him “how do you feel?” Kirk’s response is “I feel young.”
I’m sorry if I just spoiled the ending of a 43-year-old movie for you
Some people have misunderstood this line. Some think that maybe Kirk is feeling some regressive, de aging effects of the Genesis planet. But what he’s talking about is the fact that he feels like he’s experiencing death for the first time; or at least a death of a loved one. As Kirk says early in the movie, he does not believe in the idea of no-win scenarios. Spock’s death is the first time that Kirk is not able to cheat death.
As I was sitting down the right this on Monday, I did a little math and it occurred to me that William Shaner was born in 1931. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan was released in 1982. Typically, the age of the Star Trek characters, at least in the original srries , has followed the actor’s real ages. This means that James Kirk was 51 years old during the events of WOK.
51! And I thought that that guy look like he was knocking on death door back then.
Where I’m going
I’ll bring this up because like Admiral Kirk in that movie, I feel young right now. I feel like I’m experiencing a lot of things for the first time. granted, most of it has to do with the fact that I was probably something of a late boomer, both socially and professional. By the time, the old man was 51, he has three kids who would already reach college age. He had also been retired from his first career for three years at that point.
I guess I’m halfway there, at least with the kids. Kid 1 starts his first week of college in a few days. kid 2 the fifth grade. But in so many ways, I still feel like I’m just getting started. The Old Man died at 67. I plan on living a lot longer than that.
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