Slash pages you need for your blog

The pages outside /blog can matter just as much as your posts. Slash pages like /now, /about, and /uses show readers who you are beyond your writing. I currently have 12 slash pages. That's too many. Here's the thing: each one serves a purpose and I have found myself visiting other people's slash pages more than I expected. Weirdly compelling. Let me walk through what I have and why: