Well, this is certainly not what I planned.

I spent the past couple of days thinking about my recent posts and what I wanted to do around here. For the moment, I did not decide what was to be done just yet, but I decide to “distance” my Twitter (or X) account away from the blog, or to be a different “entity.” In the process, I came up with a new handle and along with that, a lightbulb went off. I really liked the new handle and even thought it was a better blog name. That one little thing changed everything.

For a few days, I was really close to ending it all. However, I decided everything is going to be separate in someways, even with the name change. I have decided that this is not another rebrand, but rather, a rename. Everything else is staying the same. In the end, what I have decided is that the blog is going to stay, but I will my shifting the majority of my focus away from it and priorities will be changing. I will only leave it until inspiration strikes and something comes from it. For example, there may be an occasional book or something I would like to share and support. I can’t show how often it will be, but it’ll be here sometimes.

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That it’s for now, I believe.
I’ll be here next, whenever that may be. 😊

(As a side note, I know a clean up around is still desperately needed. I’ll try to work on that as well.)

When I started blogging, I was not sure where I was going to be. I have jumped platforms a couple of times and reinvented myself numerous times. I lived through Mind Your Own Books (MYOB), The Crown of Books, Keep Reading Forward, then ultimately, Anything by Anthony. Each time, I thought I found something I was proud of and each time, something changed which caused everything to change. As I reflect, I believe I had some pretty good “brands” or “names” and now I wonder what would have happened if I stuck to those names.

Keep Reading Forward lasted the longest, with a duration of around 5 or 6 years. My highest point was back in 2018. A lot can change in that time. My family has changed, jobs changed, and even I have changed. We all have gone through major changes in the past few years. The high point of the blog was way back in 2018. I was doing everything I could and I was happy with everything I was doing.

Then 2020 came along. But sometime before that, I found my position at my previous job changing due to changes within the company. I was no longer on my own (which was where most of my reading was done) and I was working with a team that eventually did not give me the support I wanted in this new position. I eventually left and went to a much better job (however, this job does not come with reading time. Not much I can do about that.). During 2020, while stuck at home, I had to find ways to keep busy and I have mostly done that through video games. Yes, I still found time to do some reading, but it was always within short periods. Also, I found my reading habits shift from books to graphic novels. I was still getting some reading done, just not the books I was hoping to read.

Through all of this, my little corner here became distanced and stayed in the background. Every once in a while, I would remember this place existed, but then moved onto something else. As I have tried placing some energy to keep going, my energy went to other places. Then back in March 2022, I have decided that it was a time to return under a new name, Anything by Anthony. I thought this was it for sure. It was an open place, a place to share whatever. There was no limit to what I could post about. The sky was the limit this time. For a while, things went great, but as it turns out, sometimes not even the sky’s limit can be enough. Once again, this corner of the internet became passing thought and became a sudden quiet corner. I pushed myself again to try again after having a spark on inspiration to continue, but that inspiration quickly fizzled out. I had the idea to continue the On the Latest posts with two more segments; podcasts and video games.

I cannot tell you how many times I have tried to sit down and type out these posts but finding myself not wanting to. I have started to feel like my time and energy here has been running out for sometime and that is where I am today. As I am doing new things, I found myself in new wonderful communities. However, in this community, one that I loved being in for years, I feel my time is nearly over. A major part of my struggle is my place with this blog. There is a part of me that believes my only place in the community is attached to this blog. Another part is busy convincing me that is not the case and that I can still be in the community through Discord servers, Twitter (or X?) and GoodReads. There’s a part of me that desperately wants to keep this place alive. There’s a part of me that believes that it is time to give it a rest. Through the years, I had a great run and I think I have moved on (I still love books though, let that be clear. I am just reading on its own time at a much slower pace.), but a part of me have not come to accept it. After all, nothing can last forever.

I think I may have found some answers though all this and will definitely sit on it for a while before deciding what to do. If anyone has thoughts or advice, please feel free to share. I think I could use some outside opinions.

October 25th, 2022. An era that lasted only half a year.

On this date, it was when the last post went live and for an even longer time period, Anything by Anthony became a sudden quiet corner, quietly lurking and waiting patiently for its timely return.

For that time is now, I hope.

Catching up soon, with on the latest….