New year, New website, New start

Will it be worth it

Welcome to my first ever blog post, where I pretend to know what I'm doing, and you, dear reader, get to watch the entertaining spectacle unfold. So, here I am, about to dive headfirst into the tempestuous sea of content creation, armed only with a laptop and an overwhelming sense of what-the-heck-am-I-doing?

It's time to get serious (or at least as serious as one can be while still using emojis) and become a content creator extraordinaire. All by my lonesome, I've got this colossal mission to build an empire of DIY bliss—Mend Make Rejuvenate—and yeah, I'm flying solo here, but I'm totally giving it the ol' college try.

So, I've managed to set up all my social media accounts without throwing my computer out of the window—that's a win, right? The website's just shy of a launch, looking like an amateur rocket about to take on NASA. Next up, after I survive this inaugural blog post, is to hit "record" and start spewing video content like nobody’s business.

TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook - who knew becoming an internet sensation required a Ph.D. in Social Media Sciences? And let's not even talk about SEO. Is it magic? Is it science? Who knows! Oh, and let's make sure we tap dance around each platform's rule book like it's the hottest mixtape of the year.

The master plan is to churn out so much content that my face becomes the one you can't escape, like an adorable but slightly clingy pet. The goal is to bamboozle the internet into thinking I'm the guru of all things mendable, makeable, rejuvenatable. Once I've hypnotized enough followers into joining my DIY cult—I mean, community—it's all about them. I’ll be their humble DIY servant, crafting content like a wizard waves a wand.

Fast forward a year—or three—and I’ll look back at this blog as one reminisces about their questionable fashion choices in high school. But hey, it'll be a magnificent measuring stick to see just how far this ship sails... or sinks. I've got the ambition of a squirrel on an energy drink, ready to document the journey so that someday, some hopeful soul can say, "Hey, if that Mark guy could do it starting with his two left thumbs, so can I."

There are already four videos up on YouTube. They’re so raw they could be sushi, and there's a mountain of learning ahead. But you know what they say: Practice makes perfect or at least tolerable. And let's face it, my brain sometimes moonlights as a doomsday prophet, but I'm wising up and not letting it call the shots anymore.

In closing: create, post, improve, repeat. That's the mantra. Strap in, folks—it's going to be a roller coaster ride fueled by wood shavings and engine grease. Thanks for tuning in, and remember, if you don’t see me on your favorite platform, you’re probably not scrolling enough. Cheers to the chaos! 🎉