Here it goes...

The first blog post...

I've made several attempts to create a blog. I always felt the need that it had to have a purpose, some sort of theme, something everyone could relate to. I wanted to make connections with whoever was going to read my blog. And of course, I wanted it to be therapeutic and fun for myself. But, after a few weeks, even after a couple days of trying to be creative and interesting, I simply gave up!

So here's another attempt at keeping a blog.

I don't know why but for some reason I felt obligated to produce 1 post per day. I used to force myself to write...a part of it was encouraged by a Film Studies TA I had in university. He believed that writing at least once a day was beneficial to our academic performance and everyday life. I believed this as well. But failed miserably at keeping up with the task.

This is probably the main reason I stopped writing. The disappointment I had in myself for giving up, for losing motivation, and the fact that I didn't feel like what I was writing had any significance or felt remotely genuine brought my blog to a standstill.

But, the buck stops here! I can't believe it's taken me this long to realize but I can't treat my blog like academic work. I'm still trying to figure out where in my mind or what experience led me to believe that   everything I'd write in my blog had to be substantial. Where did I lose my mind and not think that my own blog could at least be fun, entertaining, hilarious or even inspiring?

Here's the lesson that I'm taking with this new blog: Do what makes you happy.

The saying is cliche. It's thrown around all the time, but seriously at the end of the day all that matters is if you're fulfilled and satisfied. Right?

So here's to writing about who knows what, whenever, wherever, and however the way I feel.

Hope you do the same. Do the things that matter to you and for your own good. The better you are at helping yourself, the better you are to help others.