Clearing the Dust Away

Now, I have been meaning to check in on Blaugust at some point, as I knew it was about that time, but Naithin of Time to Loot fame gave me a polite poke and I figured I’d start trying to shake the dust off a little.

Things are going to be a little interesting for me this year. The last week of August I officially begin classes again, this time at the University of Iowa. An allegedly respectable institution. It would have been last year just after Blaugust that I began the application process, actually. Political misgivings aside, it’ll be nice to make forward progress on that particular goal.

For that reason, among others, I’m setting my goal a little lower this year. I’ll consider gold to be acceptable, if I can manage it. Between changes to my routine at work that makes writing more difficult and the fact that my opening semester includes Calc 2 and 1st semester Japanese; it feels like a volley of surface to air rockets just waiting to fire. Still, I remain confident in my ability to succeed.

In addition to aiming for gold rather than rainbow, I think I’ll intend to write things a little shorter. As much as I enjoyed my daily posts of 500+ words that I used to make, I don’t have the long hours of free time at work to write and edit that I used to have. I figure a few short paragraphs like this should provide enough time and space to communicate an idea and build a habit without straining my attention.

So, with that in mind, I did choose to sign up for Blaugust 2025 this evening. It is a welcome and necessary change that reminds me of why I started to begin with.

Y’all take care. Onwards and upwards.