What does one write on their blog that has fallen to the wayside over the past couple months to celebrate it’s fifth anniversary? Do you write anything at all? Do you even mention that you’ve been meagerly slaving away for five years on a little blog that maybe no one reads? Is five years even worth celebrating? What’s the average lifespan of a blog these days anyway?

It could be pure coincidence but it was just last week that I started feeling the itch to get back into writing on a regular basis, not even realizing this anniversary was before us.

And last year, I made a big fuss about changing the direction of the blog and focusing on quality over quantity. Focusing on actual writing. Unfortunately, over the past few months, I think both have suffered.

But here’s the thing I’m discovering: there are a few subjects that I am completely, 100% passionate about (design, art, typography, film, spirituality, creativity, history to name a few). These subjects come up in conversation and I will go on and on, without filter, sharing everything I know or am thinking about regarding said topic. This blog use to be my forum to discuss these things, to share my passions with others, I’d like to get back to that.

John Gruber and Merlin Mann’s talk from SXSW this past year on blogging so utterly changed my ideas of online publishing that I started to remember the purpose of this blog in the first place. You should listen to that talk. If you take one thing away from it, it’s this simple formula on how to be a successful blogger (or writer or artist or thing-maker): obsession times voice. Find your obsession. Find your voice. And then go make really cool stuff.

I’m not going to commit to anything. I’m not going to lie to you and say I have some great posts coming over the next few weeks. Because I don’t. I don’t know where the blog is headed or what is coming next. All I really know is I’ve stuck with this thing for five years and I’m not finished talking about the stuff that gets me excited.

Because what it comes down to is that the people who read this blog, for the most part, are people like me. We share the same interests and passions and maybe you point out typefaces when walking down the road like I do. So if something gets me excited, chances are, it’ll make you excited too. And we’re all on this journey together, I think. Thanks for sticking around listening to me gush about my obscure and sometimes random interests for the last five years. I’m looking forward to keep sharing the things that make me excited with you.