TL;DR; I have a blog because I have too many thoughts and suck and writing them down into a cohesive piece.
Many (two) people have asked me why I even chose to create a blog on this website. Working on this website has been a goal for me since 2021, when I purchased this domain for e-mail addresses. I didn’t necessarily intend for it to be much, but as I approach my third month of writing in this blog, I think it’s a good time to reflect on why this blog exists.
Initially, I restarted this idea during a pretty low point of my personal life (still in my flop era tbh). I wanted to work on creating an outlet for me to explore ideas that I wasn’t able to express with my friends and colleagues (ie. talk about trains), and I thought a blog was the perfect outlet for that.
I also wanted to create a place where I could work on my writing, crafting my tone as I work on my Statement of Purpose for grad school. I do enjoy writing, but I did drop out of 12th grade English summer school, so I could probably use the extra practice to impress the admissions committee.
Originally, I planned on focusing on more insightful articles on mundane topics (such as my first post on a BART fare rule I found interesting), but I’ve slowly shifted my focus on incorporating more introspective in my blog. I’ve never really been an open book on a lot of topics in my life, and I’d like for this blog to incorporate more personal topics of my life. I’ve really been working on myself this year, so I want to grow with my writing as well!
Honestly, I’m not sure what effect these blogs are having on my life though. I’ve really written some heavier posts (pride month core), and some really random posts (why I love Oakville?), and I don’t really feel that my writing, or my mental health has been getting better to be honest. But progress is not linear, and I’m going to have to accept that because I don’t have a choice.
I think another criticism I have with myself is that my posts tend to be very long. Should probably work on that for the upcoming posts as I think it gets hard to follow the topic ideas. I’m still glad I’ve stuck with the blog for TWO whole months though, and I should be releasing one more blog post for June.
Overall, look forward for more mundane article topics! I’d like to take the time to explore the mundane topics of my life (like what’s my favorite road font). These articles take a bit of time to research, so I just really need to dedicate some time towards it this summer. I have until next year to decide if I want to keep up with this or move it somewhere else, so I’ll probably let y’all know when it comes to that.
