Another Year, New Beginnings!

TheQuietGirl
2 days ago
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Updated: 1 day ago

This is the first time in a long time that I have written something. It’s not that I lost interest in having a blog or writing; life has a funny way of flipping on you, and you end up putting a couple of things on hold. Going through my blog, reading my work and going through comments made me truly miss what I used to do. Today, I’m going to do a reintroduction, I guess, the last time I posted was in 2023, and oh boy, a lot has changed since then. So let’s start from the top, shall we!

The Beginning

I made this website in the early months of the Covid pandemic, and I was a wee first-year undergraduate at uni. We were sent home for about a month, and afterwards, school ended up being online for the rest of the year. I’m a homebody, but after a couple of months, I became restless being at home all the time. I was so used to a routine of getting up, leaving home for school and coming back home. Being stuck at home sounded like a dream, but I got tired quickly. Personally, my mental health was sadly suffering from being at home constantl,y and I would start to type out my thoughts in the notes app on my phone. I would just do it as a means of brain dumping, but one day, I was reading them back and realized they sounded pretty decent. I was never an amazing writer growing up, hence why I stuck to the sciences so much in school, but I grew a liking to writing during my time at home. Out of complete curiosity, I made an account on Wix, a website builder that I had known about for a while. I started making my website, with no experience and knowledge of making and managing a website, by the way. I made it with a nice colour palette that I liked and stock pictures that went well with the colours. The first ever post I uploaded to my website is called My Mind These Days, and it was just a short brain dump of acknowledging that this was a first for me, and hopefully something good and come out of it. Terrible writing for a blog, but again, had no clue what I was doing haha. I would continue to make those short posts, and then I started doing more research about blogging. I made some new social media accounts for my blog because, at the time, I didn't want anyone to find out about my blog so I wanted to be as anonymous as possible. A couple of months would pass and I kinda got the hang of writing blog posts and organizing them in my special way. I even started connecting with people on Twitter (now X, but I find it hard to call it that now) and Instagram who blog as well. I guess at this time, I would consider myself a blogger.

Hand holding a green seedling with soil, set against a blurred green background, conveying growth and nurturing. — Photo by Akil Mazumder from Pexels

Getting used to it

Now, I even made a schedule for my posting, which was once a week, and I was super consistent with it. I would have everything planned from the post ready for uploading, pins made for Pinterest, posts for Instagram, and everything. I managed pretty well too, as I was dealing with school assignments and exams at the same time. It was a hobby I developed out of being stuck at home then it became something I looked forward to doing every week. The first post that I consider to be a proper blog post I’ve made at the time is called People Around You. This was just a post about paying attention to the people around you and who you allow in your surroundings. Again, not the best-written piece of work, but far better than in the early days. What really made me enjoy the work I was doing was the feedback I would get from strangers who decided to check out my site. Reading comments that have people say they relate to what I wrote or that they found it helpful made me feel so good. My blog was growing pretty well too, and the numbers I got would blow me away because I never expected I could do something like this. If I’m being honest, the numbers did influence me in posting more, which I’m not particularly proud about because I feel like the joy I got from seeing the impact I made with my posts should be more important than the high number of views I would get. After about two years of blogging, I started to slow down with posting. I was in my final year of university, and it was kicking my ass haha. I really didn't have time to focus on blogging as I was more tired than usual, and I was dealing with online school with a little bit of face-to-face classes. Luckily, I made it through and graduated, but right after, I was on a job hunt. I got employed at the beginning of 2023 and became even busier than usual. I tried to make more content for the sake of not wanting work to take over my life, but I only made 3 blog posts in that year, so you can tell who won that battle haha. I was annoyed that I ended up kinda “abandoning” my blog because of life, but that happens sometimes, but I always had intentions to come back, just wasn’t sure when.

What now?

It’s 2025, I have been a working adult for about 2 years and let me say, it’s been a ride haha. Very grateful to have a job I have, but I wish more adults told me how working every day was going to feel like this, because what do you mean I got to clock in Monday-Friday and only have two days off??? A lot has changed in these 4 years, by the way, my blog is turning 5 this August, which is crazy. I started this blog when I was 19, I just turned 24 last month…again, which is crazy. I started this blog when I was in my first year of undergrad….I just finished my first year of postgrad. Even though I was very inactive for a couple of years, I was still keeping up my blog once in a while. My posts surprisingly still do pretty well on Google, and I still receive comments on my posts as well. I thought the inactivity would kinda ruin things, but seeing the activity on my blog while I was barely doing anything made me really happy. Funnily, I have a ton of blog post ideas just sitting for like two years and a good amount of drafts, I just never had the time to finish anything. So what’s the plan now? Well, to start posting again, to fall back in love with a simple hobby I started when I needed an outlet. I have grown a lot since my last post, so I feel like my growth can create something pretty good. I might not be where I used to be as a blogger, but I don’t mind starting from the bottom. Like I said in my first post, this could be the start of something good, and it definitely was. I’m back to make this little hobby of mine greater than great, and I’m excited!

Now, I want to get back to a somewhat consistent posting schedule, and I’m confident I can do it again. I’ve gotten pretty good with time management after these couple of years, especially recently with working full-time and going to school part-time. It might be a bit overwhelming in the beginning, but I'm looking forward to the challenge. I’m also excited to be more active in the blogging community again. I met and interacted with great people from blogging, and pretty sure a lot has changed since then. I hope you enjoyed my reintroduction. I would say to blogging, to those who are old readers, I’m happy that you’re still here, and if you’re new here, it’s nice to meet you! I hope everyone is doing well and has been having a good year so far. I hope to meet you here again soon!

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