{"id":1413,"date":"2026-02-11T15:25:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T21:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jen.jllocke.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/purpose-specifically-the-purpose-of-this-blog\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T15:38:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T21:38:14","slug":"purpose-specifically-the-purpose-of-this-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jen.jllocke.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/purpose-specifically-the-purpose-of-this-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Purpose. Specifically, the purpose of this blog."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve been playing with the idea of taking all of my websites (including this one) down and archiving them privately, but it’s interesting to me to keep this going. For what reason? No idea. Nope. Maybe I’m emotionally attached because I’ve been doing this since before 2005. Maybe it’s all the work I put into writing and customizing this template and choosing plugins and as a tribute to my first experiences learning CSS. I can definitely be sentimental. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve been slacking on writing lately, so I thought I’d revive this a little bit. It will serve three purposes. Most importantly, it’ll make me write more often, thereby improving my skills. But secondly, there’s more stuff on the blog. More to add to the record. And maybe some interesting thoughts and ideas will be produced! Sometimes I’ll write stuff creatively, other times I’ll just answer a prompt. Depending on my level of creativity at that moment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’d like to do this daily, but that’s not currently an achievable goal. So I might aim for once a week? And see how it goes? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any thoughts\/ideas\/suggestions?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Looking across the Detroit River from Windsor, ON. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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