Though I have sometimes dreamt frivolously of running a blog so successful it would defy all expectations, be incredibly influential, and have its readers engage in enthusiastic discussion… That is not my hope for this blog.
In truth, I am quite a private person. I have not quite reconciled my need for privacy and my desire to share my writing and thoughts on the internet where it is publicly available. Even a fraction of the imagined amount of attention would give me heart palpitations, making me fret about every single word I put down. So, why write and publish? Why do it anyway?
To grow.
I want to write to process, preserve, and practice deliberately. It is an avenue for learning; as good a starting point as any for dusting off the habit of writing. I want to get better at a familiar-but-neglected medium of communication.
I want to share for posterity. To have records of discoveries, musings, conversations and the insights of conversations. I publish, in hopes I might contribute to someone’s journey in some way. The written words of others have given me much food for thought over the past few years. Their generosity inspires me to pay it forward. I hope there’s something worthwhile here for a wandering reader: if not inspiration, perhaps something to sate their curiosity or simply a way to pass the time.
For you, wandering reader. Even if you are me, looking back.
In large part that desire to grow is the same that eventually drew me to start blogging as well. To have that written record, slice in time, to look back upon months or years later to remember, reflect, and also to share. Sometimes it comes and goes, with long absences between posts, but it is all part of the process.
One minor thing I might add is that the header font is quite hard to read. I like the stylised element, but perhaps try and find something with a similar style though a bit more readable, which helps to make it a bit more accessible too.
Ultimately though your blog is your own as is your path. Best of luck to you in your blogging journey.