[AppalachianTrail] Add online journal/blog feature for hikers

31 afab nonbinary. I'll be 32 years old in another 2 days! Like the title says, I've decided that I'm thru hiking the trail this year. I have been laid off from work twice in the last 5 months. I'm severely depressed and can't decide what kind of life I want to build next. I've ruined a lot of relationships recently and need space to grieve fully where I won't cause anymore damage. I'm also withdrawing from heavy cannabis use multiple times per day every day for the last 10+ years, which is wrecking me way worse than I ever thought it could. I still believe weed is a safer choice than pretty much any other drug I'm familiar with including alcohol, but I don't think it is as safe as a lot of people make it out to be for recreational purposes. With the withdrawal, everything feels like it's getting worse before it gets better, so I could really use something in my life to shake things up and reintroduce my brain to healthier ways of obtaining that sweet, sweet dopamine. I haven't thru hiked before. I've only done day trips. But I have been following this sub and subs for several other trails and general thru hiking pretty closely for the last 6 years hoping that I would learn enough and work up the courage to head out. I also started going to the gym about 3-4 months ago to prepare my body. And I've already accepted that something could happen that forces me off the trail before I finish. I do plan to go against the grain and do SOBO. I don't have all of my equipment yet because I'm trying to hold out for REI's May anniversary sale for some of it, but I have pretty much everything picked out. I plan to crash with relatives in Virginia before I head out so that I can have a home base close by to do a little shakedown in the same environment as some parts of the AT before I leave. I would really like to do some sort of online journal/blog for friends and family to check in on me because it sounds like way too much to try to keep up with everyone individually while I'm away. I still need to choose a platform for that. I'm excited and nervous as hell.