On Dec 31st 2019 I wrote what I thought would be my last post on this, or any, blog. I was done, finished, and I really wasn't regretting the decision, nor did I have any reason to write about anything in long form (except the book on business management I'm working on) so I really didn't miss it.
Then strange times hit. The world locked down (apparently on the advice of some very dodgy (false) modeling) and we've all been confined to our homes, "essential" trips only kids, and forced to tele-commute, work from home, and in many cases, lose our jobs, be forced to take cuts in pay etc.
Tens of thousands have died and Millions have been infected. In a year where I was fully planning on reducing my social media use drastically, circumstances have required that more time is spent on various mediums, for no other reason than to keep some kind of interaction going.
I've started fiddling with YouTube, working on videos that I fully intend to keep going. I've been active on Twitter, less snarky and more supportive to folks, I've been watching friend's YouTube videos and greatly enjoying them.
Unlike some in the media, I'm not apprehensive. I don't have "angst" about venturing into public, I'm not having an existential moment, I'm just working and taking walks and eating healthy, I've actually lost some weight during this mess. Mentally I'm just fine. I have my wife, my dogs and my family for support.
Yes, if you follow along on Twitter and YouTube you know that Mom recently passed. But I'm at peace with that because now she is no longer in pain.
So, overall, I'm good. What I have found out during this time is what I instinctively knew from years of writing blogs. I'm not a born entertainer, I'm not someone who's ever going to have 50 gazillion followers and subscribers. Others are celebrating their 2, 3 or 10 thousandth YouTube subscriber, I was ecstatic to break 50. c'est la vie to be honest. I've been off for a bit but I'll start back soon. There's only so many videos you can make of yourself sitting and talking with a brown curtain in the background.
As for Vegas, that's not happening for a while. Not because I'm scared of traveling, I'm not, but because I simply cannot afford it given work realities right now. Maybe October? Maybe not. Probably not until the job situation changes.
What I am planning on is returning to a casino in June. My local casino, which gets authorization from the State to re-open May 18th. Currently I'm planning a trip in late June. I'm hoping I can record some play and show you all what the new "new" is.
Until then I'm going to temporarily revive this wheezing relic, to provide some thoughts, insights and all of the other junk you used to know and love. I'll probably keep it going throughout the pandemic, but I'm not sure after that. It might stay around as an extension of the brand, it may not.
But you at least have around 3-4 months of ignoring it, and that's a healthy hunk of reality right there.
Be healthy.
(In a nod to interaction I'm going to try and reinstate comments on here. We'll see how it goes)
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