Binary logs?

I remember telling Fahd I wanted to start a copywriting business in July 2023, and the only question he had was, "Why?"

The easiest answer was that I wanted another source of income. I love my 9-to-5. In fact, I think I've worked on the most interesting solutions over the past three years. But in the long term, I did not see myself staying in tech for much longer.

Was that what I told my brethren? Obviously not. I told him I had a passion for writing. It’s one way I’ve been able to express my thoughts—whether through technical blogs, poetry, spoken word, improv, etc.

A blog?

I’m starting a blog because I want to improve my storytelling skills. A lot of people say the way I tell stories is dramatic, but isn’t it supposed to be? That’s the whole point of a story—it’s full of drama. I also want to practice my writing; you only get better at something by doing it over and over again until it becomes second nature.

Does that mean I’d stop posting entries on the blog the moment I feel my storytelling is top-notch? No. If I ever get to that level, I’d probably want to tell more sophisticated stories.

Of course, this ties into my plans to get my copywriting agency up and running.

"It's all connected." — A quote from the series Manifest.

I had plans...

I wanted this to be a big bang release. I had ideas for the type of blog I wanted. Temitope did lots of research at the start of 2024 to make sure he understood what I wanted, and he designed one that fit my expectations. But life happened, and I wasn’t able to sit down and build the blog from scratch. I could’ve paid someone to do it, but for some reason, that didn’t feel genuine (don’t ask me why—I don’t know).

what my blog was supposed to look like,

Check Temitope out here; he’s really good.

Since I spent so much time "planning" without getting any work done, I decided to just do the thing. It doesn’t have to be fancy (yet); I just need to get my foot in the door, and that’s exactly what I’ve decided to do. It’s not a coincidence that I started it in the new year—I’m hoping to ride the momentum and motivation for as long as possible.

Okay, so why binary logs?

I named it Binary Logs for the following reasons:

1. My life has been one thing or the other since I started this journey called ✨Adulthood✨.

2. I don’t have a theme for the blog—so if you think it’s one theme, then it’s probably the other. This also allows me to write about anything I want, and I can’t imagine that being a bad thing.

3. The B- in Binary and Log- in Logs form BLOG. Sorry, sorry—it’s probably tacky, but I wouldn’t be me if I didn’t try to find another meaning to the name.

Expected cadence

For now, there’s none. I’ve been preparing for this for a while, so I may or may not have about three posts ready to go. But I don’t want to run through them too quickly. At least once a week, definitely.

Thanks for reading! You showing up for a second time without knowing what to expect (yet) means a lot to me. See you around!