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My first attempt at a personal blog, for collections of essays I've written. Powered by Jekyll.
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# Brennan's Old Blog



> A personal collection of essays I've written. A personal journey of lifelong learning, sharing resources, creating things, and trying to be better.



This is an archive of my earlier writing and experiments in web design.



## History



This blog was originally started in 2015 on [Medium](https://medium.com/brennanbrown) called _Everyday Essays_ after I graduated from high school, after years of telling myself _"I really wanna start a blog!"_



Since then, I have migrated to WordPress with the name Wander Notebook, (still available to view [here](http://wandernotebook.com/)) to self-hosting on GitHub using a bare-bones layout and design I made myself. This repository now powers the archived site at [brennan-archive.netlify.app](https://brennan-archive.netlify.app).



With no expertise or formal education, I have written a multitude of posts on various topics over the years. My most frequented topics are happiness, creativity, productivity, and writing itself.



You can view a visual, graph-based history of posts on my [Beeminder](https://beeminder.com/brennanbrown/blog).



## Purpose



Many people will tell you that the communicative medium of blogging died out many years ago, replaced by more convenient, short-hand modes of interaction and technology.



I am on a quiet, reluctant fight against that. I believe that people should take a step back from the privately-controlled, information-overloaded platforms of social media that have monopolized the internet and instead carve out a piece of digital real estate for themselves.



Although the age of (poorly designed) Geocities and Livejournal are over, people still have a unique voice that should thrive independently, and not rely on the handful of websites that everyone uses. The Internet is for everyone.



## Recommended Reading



If you haven't read any of my work before, here are a few pieces:



- [My Writing Process: Five steps to go from brainstorming to completed work.](https://brennan-archive.netlify.app/my-writing-process/)

- [The Way of Work: Understanding discipline for doing difficult tasks.](https://brennan-archive.netlify.app/the-way-of-work/)

- [Zen of Housekeeping: Life as a kitchen sink.](https://brennan-archive.netlify.app/zen-of-housekeeping/)

- [Our Finite Everything: The Limited Amount We Have.](https://brennan-archive.netlify.app/our-finite-everything/)



## Contributing



If you have an question, idea, or would like to guest post, please send me a DM on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/brennankbrown) and we'll be able to work something out.



If you would like to contribute, I'd guide you to the [Contribution Page](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/contributing/) on Jekyll's website for more information.



## License



I'm a strong advocate for open-source, including realms beyond software. Because of this, all of my writing on this blog is under Creative Commons.



Specifically, this means that you may use or reuse anything I create (including for commercial reasons), under the conditions that you attribute me and use the same license!



Creative Commons License



Brennan's Old Blog by Brennan K. Brown is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.



The web design and code for this repository are written under the GNU General Public License v3



## Acknowledgements



This website is powered by [Jekyll](https://jekyllrb.com/), a simple, blog-aware, static site generator.