Over 1000 Blog Posts · 2 May 2026
We should celebrate milestones. Like my 1000th blog post. Unfortunately, that ship has sailed. Nearly a year ago.
If I had been paying attention, I would have put out a celebratory 1000th blog post. But I am not that attentive. Nor was I all that excited about having 1000 blog posts. I suppose I should have been. After all, it has taken me many years to get over 1000 blog posts. (By the way, I am not trying to see how many times I can write, “1000 blog posts.” It just seems that way.) In fact, I only know that I have over 1000 blog posts because my blog publishing tool counts. If not for that counting mechanism, I would have no idea how many blog posts I have. Ah well, so much for celebratory milestones.
I have said it before, but when I started this whole blogging thing, I was just interested in getting a body of work out onto the internet. The web. The interweb. Online. I just wanted an online presence. Okay, I wanted it to be a large internet presence. But when I say large presence, I really wanted a far reach. Which means that I wanted a lot of people reading my blog. Or at least that was part of why I started this blog. I wanted lots of people all over the world reading my blog.
Well, I have had people from various parts of the world read my blog. So you might say that I do have a far reach. But alas. After all these years, I still have just a few faithful readers (both real and imaginary). And I am still eternally grateful for them. After all, if not for them, I would be the only one who reads my writing.
When the whole explosion on the internet did not happen, I was content to put out content just so that I would have that content out there. I was content to have that growing body of work. Little did I know that this body of work would be so large (over 1000 blog posts). Yes, it has taken lots of time to get that large, but I guess that is what happens. You feed the monster and it grows. Not that blogging is a monster, but I suppose there are times when I think it might be. (But that is another story. That I just thought of, by the way.)
There is one other reason I started this blogging thing in the beginning. And no. It was not because everybody else was doing it. Even though everybody else was doing it when I started. No. The other reason I started to blog was to hone my craft. I wanted to get better at writing. Now, I cannot truly be the judge of my own writing, but I do think that I have gotten better. And if you disagree, I would love you to tell me so. I truly love it when people tell me ways to fix my stuff. Usually. (Again. A different story. One that will probably never be told. Or that I already told.)
I have enjoyed this whole blogging journey. I have enjoyed honing my craft (whether I have gotten any better at it or not). I have enjoyed having a few faithful readers (even though I wanted a whole bunch of faithful readers). And I am grateful that I have been able to sustain my writing momentum enough to create a large body of work (even if people might think it is so much digital garbage).
No. I did not celebrate my 1000th blog post. No. There is no celebration for having a large body of work. No. People do not care that I have over 1000 blog posts out on the interweb. But I am glad that I have kept at it. I am glad that I have a few faithful readers. And I am glad that I am able to continue to blog. I hope that I can keep blogging for hundreds if not thousands more blog posts to come.
I have no idea what number blog post this is, but thank you for celebrating over 1000 blogs posts with me.
© 2026 Michael T. Miyoshi
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