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Learning isn't always about having things committed to memory but knowing that they are possible and where to go to remind yourself of how.

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As the time for me to return to work approaches I am left contemplating what I want and what I have achieved. I think it’s only natural to be reflective after such a period of upheaval.

I have mentioned about wanting to do something with my writing but that's the problem - I'm still writing about it rather than doing it.

I know it's not going to happen right away but it doesn't even feel like I'm anywhere near starting.

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It's safe to say that the search built into WordPress isn't exactly the best. It serves to a point but can't handle complex searches.

I was indicating handwritten posts by inserting (By pen) at the end but, due to the limitations, this isn't searchable. I've, therefore, decided to change it to a hashtag which is automatically converted to a search link - #bypen.

This serves no real purpose beyond it being interesting to see how many posts begin on paper and whether that behaviour changes over time.

Bullet journaling has been popping up a lot lately in conversations online and at home (my wife and eldest daughter both use planners.) I like some of the ideas but don't want my notes to be that formal.

I deliberately don't use dates on the pages of my notebooks as it isn't a planner or a journal and this removes the pressure to write in it every day. I like having it there for when I need it.

It took long enough for me to be happy with "post-less" days on the blog and how to present them; I certainly don't want a lot of blank paper pages on days when I've not had cause to write anything.

I could number the pages allowing me to cross-reference back and forth but definitely draw the line at dates.

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In retrospect, while deactivating / deleting my accounts seems like a big deal, the real battle was fought some time before.

I've never been much of a Facebook user but took the decision a number of years ago to unfollow a whole bunch of people and restrict it to just family and a few select "real world" friends.

For Twitter it was the decision to stop tweeting in 2016 which, by extension, meant that I also stopped checking.

Killing my accounts is definitely more final and removed the last vestiges of temptation but I honestly don't think I could be tempted anyway.

It just feels good to have free myself from a false need to keep those aspects of a fractured online identity.

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