Hey you there! Have you had the experience where you were so determined to start documenting your life? When you are in awe of the reputable celebrity bloggers whose main income is made just by blogging their lives, and then wonder why are they so captivating and how can I be like one of them?
For me its a big yes. Since when I was younger I have aspired to keep a pretty book as my diary, on new year's day promising myself that I would write an entry a day for the next 364 days. I probably kept it up for about 2 weeks and the novelty dies down. On the last day of the year, I would probably see an almost empty book, tear out those pathetic pages, and then using the book as a regular notebook.
As I grew older, the trend of blog writing started and of course I did, I jumped on the bandwagon and started my own blog. It was difficult start writing. But for a good period of time I was actually consistently posting for almost 2 years. During that period, I realised that with regular practise with writing, my language skills actually improved. And simply because I have a bunch friends, whom we share our blogs with and we faithfully read each other's contents, I wan constantly finding things to write about.
It started with writing about daily life, and soon it became mundane. Then I wrote about food, travels and unique experiences. It further ventured out into political views and more worldly topics. In order to write these, and not stupid to those friends who were reading it, I started to read more, do research before I even start writing. It developed into a hobby, a passion with writing. The more I write, the more wanted to read more, to express more. It was cycle, and I was enjoying every bit of it.
But soon, the blogging trend died down, and I became really busy with school work, leaving me little time left for myself, least to say write stuff that are not school relevant.
I would say it is really hard to pick up writing once again. To not just write about academic stuff, but also on things where my passion lies.
But I would really hope that there would be the time, where this would become habit once again.
XOXO.
