Changing up weeknotes
2026-07-03 08:47
Content warning: meta
I've been struggling a bit with weeknotes lately. They have felt like an immense task, and usually take a while because of the various things I like to put in. As a result, I tend to cut some topics short because I feel like I'll run out of puff and never complete the other topics.
As I write them and scan my daily notes of the week past, my mind wanders, and other thoughts and topics come to mind. This just adds to the explosion of nodes in my noggin', which isn't bad, actually quite a positive experience, though at the same time it causes me analysis paralysis and putting things aside just so I can get the weeknote done and continue on my (usually) Sunday.
I received an email from a fellow internetizen buddy who provided some honest challenges he experiences with reading my weeknotes (which I am honestly blown away that firstly, people read my weeknotes, and secondly, that folk care so much that rather than deleting me from their feed because of difficulties in reading, they'd prefer to connect with me and work through it with me to make their experience bettwe). His difficulties in reading my weeknotes hit the nail on the head with my difficulties in writing the things.
There were suggestions of structuring the notes differently, but the suggestion that aligned with what I've been thinking lately is to split out the topics into individual posts.
I like this idea for a number of reasons. It reduces the noisy experience I get with writing the weeknotes. It encourages more directed thought on a single topic (it's never really one topic, lets be honest), mindfulness if you will. It allows me to extend my thoughts without blowing out a whole novel. I can utilise my new tags page more (these pages are usually my go-to when visiting new personal websites). I can also practice smaller concise writing.
This post is an example of that.. I would normally put it in my weeknote under the 📝 Writing section, or 🧠 Braindump or something similar, and keep it to a paragraph or two. This one is going into the #writing tag page, and I've fleshed it out enough I'm happy I got my thoughts across, and it hasn't clogged up my weeknotes so much.
The result is probably going to be more posts. I like RSS readers because I can quickly mark a post as "read" if it doesn't seem interesting to me (more insentive to name posts appropriately). Hoping that works for others too.
What does it mean for my weeknotes? They've been dwindling lately anyway, and if I actually write enough regular posts there is probably no need for them. Though, maybe they can serve a different purpose - something more stats related that doesn't require my thoughts maybe.
This has also cemented the joys of having a website. I can do whatever I want really. In 6 months time I guarantee things will be different again.