Nothing except laziness is the reason for my long absence and no one is to blame except me. There are several drafts that are waiting to be published in this space, but I was simply unmotivated! I procrastinated, reviewed them multiple times and convinced myself that they are not good enough to be published.
I have been a addicted to YouTube since 2012 and to Instagram since 31 December 2016. I am guilty of using them as tools of distraction ,to procrastinate whatever I have to do. But of late, I have lost interest in both of them. Some Instagram influencers annoy me to my wits end with their snobbery and consumerism. I have unsubscribed from most of the YouTube channels that I used to follow. One good thing that has come out of my obsession with social media is that I have been exposed to some exceptional bloggers. I have come to understand that to be a good blogger or an influencer, you need to plan your posts meticulously.
What has possessed me now to get back to writing? I honestly don't know. I have been catching drifts of what I want to write about and noting them down. That way, the next time I am sitting in front of my blog to write, I am not out of ideas. I am reading more newspaper columns(mind you, not news!), blogs, paying more attention to things around me and trying to be more in the present.
Coming to the catching up part of this blog post. A lot has happened since my last blog post. I got married, was unemployed - waiting 4 months for my visa and used that time to catch up with a lot of reading, moved to a different continent, settled into a new job with my old company but in a different country, traveled around a bit of Europe, and had my own share of ups and downs. Each event can have a blog post dedicated to itself, but now is not the time for that. I will write about them when I can, but I have more interesting matters lined up for my readers (Poorni and my dear friends :)) .
Will I keep this up? Will I post frequently? I cannot say for sure. But I do know for sure that I like writing and wish to keep it up.
I have been a addicted to YouTube since 2012 and to Instagram since 31 December 2016. I am guilty of using them as tools of distraction ,to procrastinate whatever I have to do. But of late, I have lost interest in both of them. Some Instagram influencers annoy me to my wits end with their snobbery and consumerism. I have unsubscribed from most of the YouTube channels that I used to follow. One good thing that has come out of my obsession with social media is that I have been exposed to some exceptional bloggers. I have come to understand that to be a good blogger or an influencer, you need to plan your posts meticulously.
What has possessed me now to get back to writing? I honestly don't know. I have been catching drifts of what I want to write about and noting them down. That way, the next time I am sitting in front of my blog to write, I am not out of ideas. I am reading more newspaper columns(mind you, not news!), blogs, paying more attention to things around me and trying to be more in the present.
Coming to the catching up part of this blog post. A lot has happened since my last blog post. I got married, was unemployed - waiting 4 months for my visa and used that time to catch up with a lot of reading, moved to a different continent, settled into a new job with my old company but in a different country, traveled around a bit of Europe, and had my own share of ups and downs. Each event can have a blog post dedicated to itself, but now is not the time for that. I will write about them when I can, but I have more interesting matters lined up for my readers (Poorni and my dear friends :)) .
Will I keep this up? Will I post frequently? I cannot say for sure. But I do know for sure that I like writing and wish to keep it up.
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