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2021’s Inspirations
As the title says, this compilation covers all the write-ups that were uploaded between January 2021 to December 2021. The 2021 Year was special in that not only did Millennium River turn 5, but it transitioned from being Millennium Creek to Millennium River. As such, there was a few posts dedicated to this that you will learn more about as you read through the inspirations of these write-ups. There were some poems here and there, automotive pieces, but very few flora and fauna pieces. For a website with a name revolved around nature, I am going to try and get more nature-themed writings done this year. As exciting as electric vehicles and smartphones are, 2021 made it feel more like “Millennium Technology” than Millennium River.
Inspiration Behind This Compilation: Inspiration Behind These Posts: January 2020 – December 2020
As weird as it feels to include this under the compilation of 2021 posts, it was indeed the first upload of the year. Therefore, I felt it was necessary to start this compilation off with it. The inspiration behind it is self-explanatory: discuss the sources of my motivation for the pieces of 2020.
Inspiration Behind This Post: Millennium Creek Turns 5
Not only did I want to celebrate the birthday for my website, but also wanted to take the opportunity to discuss future plans. Plans which included the name change that happened that same year, bring back more animal posts, and even commentary type posts. It is interesting to see that I had actually acknowledged the shortage of flora and fauna posts from early on in the year, yet sadly, did very little to address that. For 2022, I have the option to fix what I did not previously fix.
Inspiration Behind This Post: Incipio 2021
I like smartphones. I strongly believe in protecting these expensive cellular-capable pocket computers. I also happen to be an affiliate participant on the Pepperjam Ascend network. Therefore, it made perfect sense to do a post on smartphone cases that look great and offer solid protection.
Inspiration Behind This Post: Mint Canada 2021
I wrote this for reasons very similar to the Incipio 2021 post. Gold and silver look amazingly good. I cannot afford either of them, but that did not stop me creating a write-up on gold and silver Canadian coins that look really nice.
Inspiration Behind This Essay: Are Zoos Animal Cruelty? Yes No
It had been an extremely long time since I had done an essay. It had also been a long time since I had done anything on animals. I fused the two together, thus leading to persuasive essays on the welfare of animals kept in zoological parks.
Inspiration Behind This Post: Finally Doing It: Rebranding From Creek To River
This was the post that showed I was serious about going from River to Creek. I was motivated to share the process, the doubts, the delays, and reasonings, because if there is one serious thing I learned, rebranding is no short process. I never expected it to be, but when you are doing your own logos and everything, it is definitely a time-consuming process. I even had placeholders till I could come up with the ideal icons, wallpapers, and other tidbits. Nevertheless, it was a fun and rewarding process for the most part.
Inspiration Behind This Poem: Augustian Drought
Does this poem look somberly? Because it is. Yes, the theme is intentionally sad, but more so the reason why it was really done: because that August truly was dry. No, not in a literal sense that the area I lived in was experiencing drought, but that month did not bring forth what I wanted it to bring in a lot of areas.
Inspiration Behind This Article: Non-Automotive Companies Making Electric Cars
For some time I wanted to do a speculative article on what it would be like if non-automotive companies were to make electric cars. I heard about Xioami doing it. Then Apple. Then Sony. Then a random hilarious thought about the Royal Bank Of Canada doing it. At that moment in 2021, I decided it was time to put the speculation onto paper — or the Internet in this case, and publish it for all eyes to see. It was a time-consuming write-up to do, but at least it tackles an important thing: seeing electric vehicles come “Randomly” out of companies should no longer be ultra surprising. At least if it is a company with immense reserves of money, that is.
Inspiration Behind This Dialogue: Woe Unto Them Who Do Not Cook!
I was browsing Reddit one day, then came across a Subreddit asking people that do not cook, how they survive. I really wish I had saved the link to that Subreddit, but alas! I did not, so I cannot show you the exact thread that inspired this write-up. So yes, the motivational source for this Dialogue was a Subreddit questioning non-cookers’ eating habits. In all seriousness, I really do believe that able-bodied people should cook, hence the strong message in the writing.
Inspiration Behind This Article: Emerging Technology
I write a fair bit about technology on this website. When I saw an e-mail mention something about emerging technology, I looked at some of the topics on it. I found that there were many topics not listed, that should have been listed. What did I do? I went ahead to explore topics I wanted to see, typed my own post on it, and published it right here in my very own River.
Inspiration Behind This Article: 2021 Battery Electric Vehicles Canada
I typically make this article towards the end of the year. 2021 was no different. What was different this time, was the discovery of 2 other potential domestic automakers. While I feel highly skeptical about one of them in particular, it was cool to see that there are more companies in Canada finally trying to start a domestic automotive business.
Feeling Motivated?
What was theme of 2021? Millennium Creek’s rebranding, online shopping, animal or plant-themed pieces, and technology. What will 2022 bring? What will motivate me to write the future posts of 2022? Project Arrow? An albino deer randomly jumping out of bushes? Perhaps even you? There is an ocean of potential sources. If you enjoyed these writings, I encourage you to write in the comments which one was your favourite, and support them. Thank you.
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