Cx3 — Computers, Cars & Crypto
To preface this: Some of you may know me as a music producer and rest-assured, I haven’t given up on music production. I’ve always considered it a hobby and knew that i wouldn’t be able to make a career out of it (and not for lack of trying). I’m sorry to say that this blog post isn’t for you. While I’m sure i’ll have updates in the not-too-distant future, now’s just not the right time.

As a 25-year-old young professional in New Jersey, I feel like the frantic progression of my earlier years has slowed down. The anxiety, discipline, and constant education have finally taken a backseat to independence and routine. Even though I’m grateful for the progress i’ve made and the privileges i’ve enjoyed to get here, i’ve always felt like something was missing.
A few years of soul-searching and grinding my way into a decent, stable job, and I’m still not sure what this elusive piece is. Perhaps a lack of spending power for my hobbies? Maybe it’s the difficulty to be happy with what I have? Or maybe i just need to experience more?
One thing’s for sure… I’ve never thought of writing for a blog. I don’t think of myself as a writer, and even though I’ve been told that I have a good writing voice (by my girlfriend, who is undoubtedly biased), writing takes me a long time and isn’t particularly interesting when you’re not engaged in an active discussion. Even as I’m typing this, while ignoring the yelling of my bored black cat who’s stuck in a small apartment with me, I have a yearning to go do something else.
So why am i writing anything at all? Am i just a slave to my own whims? Today, I came across the startling revelation that my 3 most-active hobbies all start with the letter C: computers, cars, and cryptocurrency. On a whim, I thought hey, i’ll start a blog. So here I am, an inexperienced writer with a tiny voice and an unoriginal blog name pertaining to (un)common hobbies. Maybe somebody will listen, and we can have a decent discussion about something interesting.
I don’t yet know what i’ll talk about, but I think I’ll have plenty to say and i’ll try to keep it interesting. For now, I’m off to engage in some healthy consumerism… maybe I’ll get a mechanical keyboard that makes a good clack so that everyone in my vicinity will hear me type. Or maybe i’ll buy a new office chair since my dissolving Ikea posture-ruiner leaves my back sweaty and covered in pleather flakes. I might buy some more crypto as i try to convince myself that i’m making prudent, long-term investments, instead of falling prey to speculative get-rich-quick schemes (as some of the people in my life tend to believe). Shit, i might even do all of these things. And maybe i’ll post about the outcome later.