Another two months gone by like the wind, another evaluation time 😀 Let’s have a look at what happened, how it went and what’s next.

First, a rhyming snail joined as an irregular contributor bringing with them their own set of creative delights.
Sounds like I’m handing out sweets 😄 Another limerick, anybody?

Second, due to my study course I changed my publishing routine to Sunday through Thursday. Despite all the assignments and work for my master’s thesis this arrangement works quite well, so I will uphold it for now.

Third, I’m content with the headings of my weekly reviews, so I will keep them for now as well. At least once a week they help me to look back and reflect on what surrounds me and where I can get support if needed. And yes, they also show what isn’t so great and where potential for improvement lies. Sometimes this is in my sphere of influence, sometimes it is part of the environment.

In a nutshell, Sundays are for improvement, Mondays through Thursdays are for creativity and a rhyming snail every other day. Sounds like fun, so let’s keep it up for the next two months till the end of December 2025 and then evaluate again 😄

Thank you so much for accompanying me on this incredible journey. At the beginning of July when I set out I never dreamed of reaching 100 posts. And now, here we are!

To celebrate this occasion, let’s have a quick review of what happened so far:

Wow, look at this word cloud! It is incredible!
And for all the data nerds out there let’s have a more detailed look, shall we 😄

According to WordPress as of today there are 100 posts in 13 different categories and with over 100 tags. The most used category is “poetry” with 59 posts, the second place “weekly review” with 15 posts is far behind. The top two tags are “life” with 20 posts and “haiku” with 18 posts respectively.
The three most popular posts are “books“, “game of life” and “hoarding haiku“.
If you missed one of them or need a quick refresher or are just curious, click the links above ☝️

I gathered and analysed these insights out of curiosity but it was never my intention to limit myself to them. So I will continue publishing what comes to mind, piques my curiosity or looks like a lot of fun. 😁 To give you a hint what to expect, the next two weeks will each feature a distinct theme.

Thank you so much for your continued support and I’ll see you around.

Thank you so much for your continued visits at my humble place. I love sharing my creative outbursts with you and I’m very grateful to see that you like them so much! 🥰

Unfortunately the demands from my study course are ever increasing. Homework at least once or twice a week, even more articles to read and I’ve also started to work on my master’s thesis. All of this in addition to my day job.

I’ve felt the pressure from all my current responsibilities for quite some time now and dealt with this in a few posts already. So to keep me from total breakdown some adjustments are necessary.

Starting this week I will publish from Monday to Thursday while keeping the weekly review on Sunday. This way I can distribute my limited resources better without neglecting anything.

Hope you are as curious as I am where this creative journey will take us and see you soon! 😄

As of this week a rhyming snail is joining me on my creative journey. We’ve known each other for quite a while and value each others imaginative ideas and inspirational thoughts. Multiple times casual conversations led to creative works. On some of these we worked together, on others either of us alone.

So it was only a matter of time before a rhyming snail asked me if they might contribute to the blog on an irregular basis. To kick things off they’ve brought quite a delight with them for this week. 🥳

Here I am, nearly two months after starting my blog I finished the two PACTs I made with myself. This means it’s evaluation time :)
If you want to find out what these two PACTs were about and what the hell is a PACT anyhow check out my first post from 05.07.2025.

First, I really enjoyed the creative writing, to experiment with different contents, visualisations, topics and so on. So for now I will keep this aspect and build on it. Expanding my repertoire, trying concepts I haven’t attempted yet. Maybe write another short story. Definitely doing more ASCII art. There are some ideas I haven’t explored yet :) Continue to vent my frustrations in a creative and occasionally fun way. Share my insights every now and then how life feels for me and how I experience everyday situations.
Regardless of my study course, which starts again today, I plan to uphold the one post per day schedule for the near future. Potential necessary adjustments in the update schedule will be announced beforehand.

Second, I’m going to adjust the weekly reviews. I’m going to change the headings from “Plus – Minus – Next” to “Grateful – Failure – Take Away”. I’ll try this new concept for the next two months till the end of October 2025 and then evaluate it again.
With the old headings I sometimes got the feeling that I’m writing entries on a to do list. With the new headings I want to try the concepts of gratefulness and analysing failures and/or disappointments. Expressing gratitude is a way to improve mental health and by analysing our failures we get insights to expand and grow. Thus I’m trying out two concepts I came in contact with in the past but never gave them a shot for more than one or two days and especially not in a structured and easy to maintain way.

On the whole I’m really satisfied with the outcomes of my first tiny experiment and I will definitely continue in this spirit. I also have plans to expand the content of the blog beyond creative writing. To give you a hint, my plans involve pictures of the physical creative projects I’m doing. So this might result in yet another tiny experiment ;)

I hope you continue to enjoy your stay at my place and see you soon :)

Welcome to my place and enjoy your stay.

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Ok, not very much here to see right now. But over the next weeks till the end of August 2025 there will be more stuff added.

Why till the end of August? And what stuff can be expected?

After reading the book “Tiny Experiments” by Anne-Laure Le Cunff I’ve made two PACTs. One: I start a blog and post every day an entry until the end of August. Two: I do a weekly review and publish the outcome here in the blog. This way I’ve committed myself for 9 weeks to test the concept of the tiny experiments and evaluate the outcome afterwards.

So, what can you expect? Well, I presume it will be some kind of creative writing most of the time for the next weeks. Maybe I throw some pictures of non-digital-work-in-progress in there too. Honestly, I don’t know yet what stuff I will post. And that is the point of an experiment – to not knowing the outcome. Or at least of this experiment ;)

But something I expect is that this blog will change. Maybe I tweak something in the layout. Or I add some social media interactions as I learn more about the functionality of WordPress. It is quite overwhelming at the beginning, so I’m trying out new stuff as I go along.

For now at least I found out how to write and publish an entry, so one point for me and one post for you. Enjoy!