Why start a blog in 2025?

I'm always reviving dead trends... 

and usually, they've been dead for a long time. Honestly, I wanted to begin journaling, but in a more public manner than scribbling in a cute little book. This desire to be public should surprise no one who knows me, or who reads along with this blog. I've always been fairly public about myself and my life, and now that I'm running a furry house and community center, I really don't have much privacy remaining. That's fine with me, that's how I like it.

I've been kinda operating close to the bone in my personal life to make El Furado happen. It's been worse since one of our residents has been unable to pay rent after losing her job. Now that she's employed again, I'm hopeful that as far as money goes, things will become less stressful.

I want to talk about running a community and planning events. These activities can obviously be a little stressful, especially when working with a blue-collar salary to fund most of it. I don't solicit monetary donations and I don't want them, but oh boy would a little extra money each month come in handy.

Another source of stress is not yet being able to ask for or receive the level of commitment and assistance I'm going to need from people in order to make this thing really take off. We're not quite ready for it yet, but in feeling people out, I've realized that we do not yet have the full compliment of skills we need to make the next step toward becoming a permanent, well-known and well-regarded fixture in the fandom.

A third source of stress is event attendance. I've been planning events for 12-30 people to attend, and I'm rarely sure of exactly how many people are going to show up. I've both overspent and underprepared on several occasions due to this, and I don't like the perception of jankiness that lends to El Furado. 

I need a little more money, a little more help, and a little more commitment from members in order to feel more at ease with how things are going. 

That's enough for now -

- Slava