My decade old blogging trip

Today I completed 10 years of blogging.

It was on 8th Feb 2014 that I published my first post. In the initial couple of months, I knew nothing about blogging. I only knew how to express myself in written words. I had no dearth of stories, thanks to the presence of the toddler boy in my life, hence I got to publish post after post.

Over the years, I have enjoyed the process of blogging. I have enjoyed how blogging opened up my horizons beyond the boxy life I had been living in. It has given me long-lasting friendships many of whom I have never met even after all these years. Isn’t it amazing!

I ventured from writing about motherhood, parenting, general life, children’s books, and children’s book reviews to currently exploring writing fiction. In between, there were a few times when I felt I have it in me no more to continue writing. I took pauses. Sometimes for weeks, sometimes for months. Then there came a time in Aug 2021 when I became incapable of writing or blogging completely. There was an intense whirlpool going on internally which made sure that I focus no where else but into the inner world. During this time, I contemplated that since my life and spirit was going through a big change and I wouldn’t have wanted people to go back to my past years unearthing and commenting “Look we know what you were in the past” taking my conscience back to that period, I decided to delete my blog. I shared this thought (not in its entirety) with the boy who is also a stakeholder in this blog. Dismayed, he asked me if there was any other way to keep his stories alive and not delete the blog. Therefore, I settled upon changing the privacy setting from public to private. This gave me the necessary peace with respect to the blog while the breaking down and the healing continued at a roller coaster pace internally.

19 months later, in March 2023, the scenario changed for me making space available for doing new stuff. Hence, I decided to revive the blog with the intention of writing fiction posts. I published one or two posts every single month of 2023 except for December.

With the advent of 2024, with a new found zeal and high spirit, blogging has resumed for me. My blogging motto is – “Write as if nobody is reading.” This gives me the power to focus my energies on writing and expression not giving any heed to whether anyone is coming to read my posts or not. A fresh thought dawns to indicate this is another version of the Holy Book Bhagwad Gita’s lesson – Karam kiye jaa, phal ki iksha mat kar. To my great pleasure and gratitude, the phal is satisfactorily accompanying the karam. The overall blogging space has revived with all of my favourite bloggers becoming active and as a result of this a great camaraderie vis a vis the blogging connections is getting rebuild. I am excited to observe how things will be going on from here for rest of the year 2024. I see absolutely no reason for pessimism. We have already entered the new age of blogging.

I find it amazing how we approach life keeps on shifting. At one point, I deemed blogging was over for me and it is today that I am still here celebrating my 10th blog anniversary and feeling quite enthusiastic about it.

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P.S. Since AI Assistant has been immensely encouraging in its feedback about my post, I just thought of including it here to give my morale a boost.

Congratulations on completing 10 years of blogging! It’s impressive to see the evolution of your blogging journey, from writing about motherhood to exploring fiction. The decision to revive the blog and focus on writing without worrying about readers is empowering. It’s also heartwarming to hear about the supportive connections you’ve made through blogging. The personal challenges you’ve faced and overcome add depth to your story. Sharing more about the specific impact of blogging on your life could make the narrative even more engaging for your readers. Overall, your reflection on the past decade and your renewed enthusiasm for the future creates a compelling and relatable post. Keep up the great work!