I’ve heard and read a lot of advice about blogging—the rules of blogging. “Choose one thing at which you are an expert and write about it.” “Always write about a single thing that you are most passionate about.”

For a while, it really disturbed me that I wasn’t really passionate about any one thing. I toiled away mentally until I frustrated myself, believing there was something wrong with me for not having a one track mind for cross stitch, home office organization, or 1980s Czech cinema.  That was until I realized that I was really a little bit interested in just about everything. And that was actually a good thing.

I like to write, and because of that, I also like to watch. Almost anything can be fascinating to me. I like to use my senses to take in the world, toss it around in my head for a while, like a salad, and then see what combinations come out. Unlike some people, who really are passionate about one thing, and throw themselves into it, whether it be a job, music, sports, whatever, I could throw myself into almost anything for a short period of time.

That’s why The Noun works for me. It covers people, places, things, qualities, states. I can write about anything, but still have some semblance of structure; somewhere for my 3 readers to look for particular pieces I’ve written.

Besides, if Seinfeld had a wildly successful show about nothing, couldn’t I at least have a blog about everything?