Do you see that footsprint? that's me coming back to the desert (my blog).
It's been more than 2 weeks since I decided to take a break and not make more posts on Steemit, other than making comments and reesteming. I haven't been feeling good those last 3 weeks, neither physical nor emotionally and posting a non-quality content is something I don't really want to do. So, I took the decision of working in other projects and had a break from Steemit for a while.
However, I don't want to abandon my blog. That is why I'm going to try to keep it up-to-date.
The main reasons of me vanishing into the shadows of nothingness (this sounds deeper than the Mariana Trench), are the lack of motivation and ideas.
Motivation: Because I would spent 3-4 making a single post just to get a few upvotes, (other than from the bots I bought).
Lack of ideas: Ideas are just not dawning on me at the moment, and if a curious subject comes to my mind I don't know how to explain it and end up doing nothing.
That's why I decided to change some things in my blog
I have been talking about science since I joined Steemit, and that's not something I'm going to stop doing, however, given the difficulty or making these kind of articles, I will just write about science once in a while, and post other stuff that are more easy to make: My hobbies, my passions, philosophy, politics, games, travel, pictures, etc. (Maybe memes, lol)
Things I'm planning to change
1) Variety of posts:
As I said, writing about science is something that requires a lot of research, I will make other kind of posts to make this more easy. When I post a science post it has to be a quality post. As said above, I would like to post about different subjects, and maybe fictional stories too.
2) Fixing my broken English:
This is one of my biggest obstacles, I'ts been almost two years since I started learning English and I can't complain of the results, it could be better though.
I like to write in English because the subjects I talk about, normally are not taken into account in the Spanish community (truth be told) and honestly I prefer to write in a foreign language so I can learn more while I'm writing. I work on my English when I have some spare time, my work and Steemit take most of my time, but I'm practicing at least 10 minutes a day.
3) Articles in Spanish and Spanish lessons:
As I said, sometimes, science doesn't get rewarded in the Spanish language, but as I'm going to talk about other subjects too, I think it will be worth to translate some of the articles I make in English. I will continue making Spanish lessons, and this time I will try to post one Spanish lesson a week as minimum.
4) Posting more about my personal life:
I often don't share who I am and what I do, but now I will try to share more "personal" things when I have the opportunity to do it :)
5) Getting a personal "logo":
This is something that is really missing in my blog, a personal logo or banner to use as a personal sign at the end of my posts. I will try to create something decent, otherwise I will get a graphic designer make one for me, aesthetics are very important!
6) A break from bid-bots:
Bots are really useful tools when it comes to increasing your SP and reaching more audience, (using them is badly seen by some users tho), but I want to see the real potential of the posts I make and see what happens if I don't use them. Without pumping up my posts it's very likely I don't receive many votes, but I think it's worth to give it a try and do this experiment (This doesn't mean I will not use bots in the future).