Rewriting My Life with Better Categories & NO Hashtags!

You may not have noticed: There are NO MORE TAGS on my blog.

Yes – I deleted the lot. Why? Because most were words within the article – which effectively made them duplicates, therefore redundant.

What replaced them? Just honest categories that represent where I’ve been – and where I’m going now that I am single again.. An improved list that reflects…

• the man I’m becoming.
• the writing I want to share.
• the topics that matter to me now.

Tags and categories each have their place in the blog world, like power tools in a shed: one’s for fine-tuning, the other for building solid structure. Here’s the rule of thumb:
Categories – Broad topics that define your blog’s main themes or pillars. Think of them as “aisles in the hardware store”.
Tags – Specific topics, tools, or keywords that describe details within each post — like what’s on the shelf.

Here’s How My Blog Categories are Now Arranged:

Business

Where side hustles meet straight talk. This category covers the grit and graft of being your own boss – from launching ideas to making sales and finding support in the grind. If it’s about earning without selling your soul, it lands here.
Subcategories: advertising, entrepreneur, for sale, idea, success, support

Creativity

This is where imagination gets to play. From photography and art to design and passion projects, creativity is more than just output – it’s expression, therapy, and legacy.
Subcategories: art, collection, design, graphic design, hobbies, inspiration, multimedia, photography, vlogging

Culture

Everything we consume, question, and connect with. This section dives into music, movies, food, and the pulse of public life – whether it’s a concert review or a reflection on politics over a plate of chips.
Subcategories: concert, food, language, movie, music, politics, review, society, television

Learning

Self-education, study, and skill-building – whether you’re deep-diving into tutorials or wrangling CSS in your shed-office. This is about growing your toolkit, your knowledge, and your confidence.
Subcategories: education, tutorials, web design

Lifestyle

The domestic side of life – being a father, a partner, a provider, or just figuring it all out post-divorce. These are the roles we play when nobody’s watching, and the truths we live behind closed doors.
Subcategories: marriage, parent, parenting, partner, family, friends

Media & tech

Where voice meets machine. Whether you’re on-air, online, or experimenting with AI, this is where old-school media meets new-school tools. It’s the behind-the-scenes of how we connect, share, and create.
Subcategories: artificial intelligence, camera, computer, gadgets, radio presenter, social networks

Mindset

This one’s personal. From mental health and chronic conditions to identity, sleep, and growth – this is where you unpack the work of being whole. Not perfect. Just present, progressing, and paying attention.
Subcategories: Autism, Depression, Meniere’s Disease, XXY, self growth, self help, sleep, future, history

Organic

Life in the dirt. Garden beds, compost heaps, and the kind of grounded, honest living that reminds you nature still knows what it’s doing.
Subcategories: environment – there will be more categories in here soon!

Travel

Places walked, roads driven, and spots still on the wish-list. From Kangaroo Island to Queensland, it’s the stories found off the mainland, across the paddocks, or just around the bend.
Subcategories: Adelaide, Australia, Kangaroo Island, New Zealand, South Australia – I am looking forward to adding Darwin later this year, and Vietnam in 2026! Big plans and goals are in progress.

Values

The things you stand for – even when life knocks you sideways. Ethics, philosophy, opinion, and the deeper thoughts that sit quietly behind your everyday choices.
Subcategories: ethics, opinion, philosophy, wisdom

Writing

This is the heartbeat of the blog. Whether it’s poetry, humor, gratitude, or musings on the messy business of being human, it’s all written here – raw, reflective, and un-apologetically yours.
Subcategories: gratitude, humor, marketing, poetry.

This wasn’t just a rebrand. It’s a reset. A man’s got to put his own name on things, and this – like the shed I am designing to live in, and the business I run solo – is mine.

If you’re reading this and doing your own kind of clean-out – digital or emotional – please know you’re not alone. You don’t need to have it all sorted. Just make one corner yours.