Title: Somewhat Back to Gopher
Date: 20261017
Tags: me
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Still can't say I've come back to gopher to write on any regular basis.  I have
been struggling to come up with anything to write about.  Work has been busy and
draining and I haven't made time for fun and interesting hobbies.

I have been trying to learn Japanese, something I've wanted to accomplish for
about 20 years.  I knew I was bad at learning languages and so it has been a
slow struggle.  For practice, I'm supposed to be keeping a journal in Japanese
that I review with my tutor.  I can't even come up with 3 sentences over a week
to practice for an interest I'm motivated to invest in. :/

However (for better or worse), my poor motivation/mood applies to the state of
content on the internet.  So much click-bait, AI slop, and overreaction
nonsense.  That's been pushing me back to gopher phlogs to slow down, see what
I've clicked on and not what been forced in front of me, and hear from real
people.

I'm not going to bitch and moan about all the things here, I think anyone
reading this will already know what I would say.  I might have a couple topics
to write about, and not all doom and gloom, if I can get motivated to type it
out.