Should I Upgrade to the MacBook Neo

 I already wrote an entry today but this is a new so I’m wanting to write. I’ve been thinking hard about buying the new MacBook Neo and getting a new iPad A16. The problem with that is that I already have an M1 iPad Pro 12.9 inch and a M1 MacBook Air. Both of those devices have more power than what I was thinking about buying. The real thing is that I want new Apple toys. I’d probably get the Neo in yellow or blue and the iPad in blue. Then what would I do with the gear that I already have? I don’t know. I love using my Apple tech a lot. Now that I’m back to writing and video creating again I have a new found reason to use my tech for real work again. I’m not using an iPad Pro for just surfing the web. Of course for the amount of writing and video editing that I do a regular iPad and a MacBook Neo would work just fine I’d say. But it would be nice to have them both. My small YouTube channel Rain in the City has zero subscribers and my first video in 7 hours has 3 views. Not exactly breaking any records. So the Neo and A16 would work just fine for me. My outdated tech needs updated. I also want to update cheaply. I don’t want to break the bank on new tech but I want new tech. 

VA Trail Clarksburg West Virginia

So I went and walked the trail today at the VA Park today. It was a nice day for a walk. I took some pictures of ducks but for some reason blogger won’t allow me to upload them. I also tried to link my YouTube video to this post and it wouldn’t let me do that. I’m not sure what’s going on with blogger but I guess maybe I’ll try to see if it works tomorrow. Maybe google is experiencing a glitch or something. Here is a link to the video. https://youtu.be/81T--rW4TRk?si=rGnrMSXABOlawFGf at least you can see the video this way. The VA Trail is a walking path that follows the West Fork River around a Veterans Hospital. There is a playground, a water park, a boat ramp, an amphitheater, and exercise stations along the trail. It takes about an hour to walk. In places the sun beats right down on you while in other places there is some shade underneath the trees. I enjoy going and watching the ducks and geese and also enjoy walking along the banks of the river. Today I saw a kayaker in the river. I almost asked him if I could record him on my video but I chickened out. It would’ve been a nice addition to my video. 

It’s Almost Time

 So, it won’t be long before I really get started again. I purchased a lapel mice and a tripod to start creating YouTube videos again. I also started this blog to give me more to create. I’m very excited to see where this goes. I want nothing more than to create something not only for myself but something for others to enjoy or learn something too. I want to create. I think tomorrow I’m gonna go walk a trail at a local park and create a video and take some pictures. I can create a video and companion article. It’s also getting warmer and I can go back to the zoo and to Kennywood and make some great content. It’s gonna be a great time to get back into creating. The picture below was taken at the Pittsburg Zoo a few years ago. These are the things I want to do and use them for opportunities to give inspiration to myself to create. 

Things Are Gonna Start Happening

 So I've been dragging my feet on this project. I have bipolar disorder and depression so a lot of the time I don't feel like doing that much. I try and want to do stuff but I can't. I feel like giving up all the time. I need to feel better and want to feel better. I go to therapy every week and see a psychiatrist once a month. I take my meds and actually they've helped in some sort of way. The problem is that I need to overcome the bad thoughts. The thoughts that it will be a waste of time of worthless to take up the YouTube and blogging hobby again. I did it before and it went nowhere so what will make this time any different? The difference is that I need to do it for myself. I need to have something that I can do to make me happy. I need to have a hobby to occupy my time and mind. One thing that I want to do is upgrade my iPad and my MacBook. If I did that I know I would feel good for a little while and do what I want to do, but that would be a honeymoon phase. Will it stick? I want to buy the MacBook Neo and a newer iPad. I have a Pro now and I don't think that I need a Pro. I feel like a normal old iPad will do the trick for what I need. All I need is something to type on and something to edit videos on. I can do that with either an iPad or a MacBook. The Neo is just a shiny new toy that Apple made and I want one. I think that I have the wants more than anything. I have an M1 iPad Pro 12.9 inch and I have an M1 MacBook Air 13 inch. Both are capable of doing what I need and I still haven't done anything to get started. Of course I'm writing this blog right now but that's all the farther I've made it. I don't know what I want to create is part of the problem. If I had an idea of what to make I'd make it. I go nowhere and I do nothing. I eat and watch tv and sleep. Those are my pastimes. I need to do more. I need to be creative. I'm not but I need to be. I could do a weight loss channel. I could do a personal vlog channel. I could do a local businesses channel where I visit coffee shops and malls. I don't know. I want to be a good content creator but I just don't know how. All I know is things are gonna start to happen. They have too. I'll talk things over with Andy and see what happens. He's gonna tell me to do it I know he is. But I have to come up with an idea. 

Hello World

 Hello. My name is David and this is my spot. I'm not totally sure what kind of content I will be bringing to the table here but I gotta think about it. The title rain in the city comes from me sitting on my front porch trying to name this blog and it started pouring the rain down. It seemed like a decent title so I used it. A little about myself is I'm 47 as of the start of this blog. I've started many blogs and YouTube channels over the years but due to depression I've taken them down. The same may happen to this blog too but we can hope not. One blog I started was a Christian blog and paid for a Wordpress site. I wrote there for a couple of months and deleted it. It was a waste of money but depression can get you every time if it wants. It feels like everything I try to start turns into a job and I hate it. I want a fun hobby that can possibly make me a little extra coin. I thought blogging and YouTube could do that for me but I didn't really attract any visitors. Maybe this time will be different. The problem is finding a topic and sticking to it. I don't really know about tech, I don't have the money to travel, I work in the in home healthcare field so nothing exciting there. I have nothing to talk about. All I do is watch tv. That's why I need to find a hobby. Well we shall see what happens here.