In making the case for taking blogging seriously, Tom Critchlow described blogging as a “a way of seeing the world with fresh eyes…” This is a sttrong take. Speaking for myself as someone who has been writing online since launching The New Leaf Journal on April 27, 2025, I use things I read or see in the world around me as inspiration for new article ideas and topics, and writing about one thing often leads to trying another. To those who may be interested in trying their hand at writing online (or some other online creative endeavor) but refrain for want of ideas, I submit that I would have almost certainly never researched the shadowy character named BLOB DYLAN, anime hair color, or PumpkinOS (just to name a small number of examples out of many articles) without having built a digital home or two.