Language over time

Flesch reading ease, a word-pattern count, and tag counts split into the first, middle, and last third of the archive by publish order.

14
Quarters
4
Avg maturity (format)
10
Tags rising
10
Tags falling

Readability & word-pattern index

Mean Flesch and mean word-pattern score per quarter. Both lines share one axis; the units are not the same.

How to read the two lines

Flesch reading ease (violet). Higher = shorter words and sentences on the formula. Syllables are counted by vowel groups. English scores often fall between 30 and 70.

Word-pattern composite (marigold). Word-list hits for discourse, curiosity, and reflection, plus a length term (words÷50). Longer posts score higher by construction.

Both series share one scale. A move in one line is not comparable in size to a move in the other.

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By period: Early, Middle, Recent

The archive split into three equal groups by publish order. Bars mix units.

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Notes from the period split

Impact tags are assigned on this page only.

1.High

Language-heuristic totals shifted between early and recent writing

50 vs 14 avg composite (word-list hits + word count term)

This score includes a length term, so longer posts raise it.

2.High

Curiosity word-list hits averaged per post shifted

Recent slice: ~3 matches per post (curated “wonder / explore / research …” stems in raw Markdown)

Hits on a fixed list of curiosity stems in the body.

3.Medium

Reflective language stems averaged per post shifted

Recent slice: ~3 matches per post (curated “learned / realized / chose …” stems)

Hits on a fixed list of reflective stems in the body.

4.High

Tag count change, first third vs last third

10 topics growing vs 10 declining

Count in the last third of the archive vs the first third.

Per-period means

One row per third. Higher Flesch = shorter words and sentences on the formula. The word-pattern column is the composite from the chart above.

PeriodPostsAvg wordsFleschW.-pattern ΣCuriosityReflective
Early43507451411
Middle431201373522
Recent431755545033

Tags rising (early → recent)

Count in the last third minus count in the first third, as a percent of the first third.

1.cooking10 → 26
+160%
2.food10 → 26
+160%
3.recipes10 → 25
+150%
4.parenting0 → 3
+100%
5.technology0 → 3
+100%
6.politics0 → 4
+100%
7.social-justice0 → 4
+100%
8.vulnerability0 → 3
+100%
9.emotional-regulation0 → 3
+100%
10.love0 → 3
+100%

Tags falling (early → recent)

Same formula, negative values.

1.children4 → 0
-100%
2.power1 → 0
-100%
3.consciousness1 → 0
-100%
4.authenticity1 → 0
-100%
5.parenting0 → 3
100%
6.technology0 → 3
100%
7.politics0 → 4
100%
8.social-justice0 → 4
100%
9.vulnerability0 → 3
100%
10.emotional-regulation0 → 3
100%

Last eight quarters

Last eight calendar quarters, newest first. Flesch is computed from the body.

QuarterPostsAvg wordsFlesch ~Top tagsCategories
Q3 202621121553cooking (14) · food (14) · puerto-rico (13) · recipes (13)diy-creation (15) · culture (5) · psychology (5)
Q2 202616174760cooking (10) · recipes (10) · food (10) · puerto-rico (4)diy-creation (11) · integration-growth (4) · psychology (3)
Q1 20269276036emotional-regulation (3) · love (3) · cooking (2) · recipes (2)integration-growth (3) · psychology (3) · parenting (3)
Q4 202511181136politics (4) · social-justice (4) · parenting (3) · vulnerability (3)integration-growth (9) · psychology (5) · politics (4)
Q3 202513155031self-reflection (4) · parenting (3) · healing (3) · technology (3)integration-growth (8) · metaspace (7) · psychology (6)
Q2 20252058944technology (8) · software-development (4) · parenting (4) · children (4)integration-growth (11) · systems-strategy (7) · learning-projects (7)
Q1 2025317062cooking (3) · recipes (3) · food (3) · children (2)diy-creation (3)
Q4 2024278644analysis-paralysis (1) · mental-health (1) · decision-making (1) · simplicity (1)psychology (2) · systems-strategy (1) · integration-growth (1)

Format & structure checks

Points for code, links, images, quotes, questions, examples, and posts over 1,000 words.

(code fences / inline code ? 2 : 0) + (URLs ? 1 : 0) + (images ? 1 : 0) + (blockquotes ? 1 : 0)
+ (? in body ? 1 : 0) + (e.g./such as cues ? 1 : 0) + (words > 1000 ? 2 : 0)
+ (word-pattern composite > 10 ? 2 : 0)
Posts with code8
Posts with links 53
Posts with questions70
Long posts (>1k words)35
The Flesch formula

English formula. Syllables are counted by vowel groups, which under-counts Spanish.

206.835 − 1.015×(words÷sentences) − 84.6×(syllables÷words)

Summary

ChallengeChallenge area: Posting Inconsistency (100 occurrences, high impact)
ChallengeChallenge area: Content Quality Variance (100 occurrences, high impact)
ChallengeImprovement needed: Balanced Sentiment (19/40, 53% gap)
WatchImprovement needed: Monthly Posting Rate (2.5/4, 38% gap)
NoteSentiment distribution: 26% positive, 14% negative, 19% neutral
NoteFlesch reading ease: averages increased toward recent posts (higher = easier wording by this heuristic, not a quality grade).
NotePosting regularity: 0/100 (higher = more consistent)
NoteTopic consistency: 33/100 (higher = more focused)
NoteQuality variance: 100/100 (lower = more consistent quality)
NoteAverage content depth: 1154 words per post
NoteImprovement needed: Average Post Length (1154/800, 0% gap)
NoteImprovement needed: Topic Diversity (104/15, 0% gap)
NoteTopic diversity: 5 distinct areas

Analysis identifies 3 significant challenges, 1 areas of concern. 7 objective metrics provide baseline data.