It's Not New On The Global Scale But It Is For Me And That's What Counts :)

What is new for me? Having a blog of thoughts :) At least at this stage of birth...of what is yet another travelling blog; one grain in the long stretch of sand of the travelling blogs in the ocean of blogs. There are always inevitable contemplations, when you start something as public as this, on how to begin, and which direction to take...the answer to both, at least at this very point in day and life for me, presents itself in 2in1 word 'low-key' :)

 

I will be honest, I had second thoughts about it for ages...simply because I couldn't think of a possible reason why anyone would be interested in following my travels - yea insecurities abound...even though some of my friends have been urgining me to write, well something, anything. I think they may not realise the world is teeming with travelers and bloggers and everyone has stories to tell! So what happened now, an epiphany? Of a sort I suppose heh. I have come to realise the defect of my frame of mind here; after all, I have been writing my postcard blog for years now, and even though it is not an international hit it has been most satisfactory to have this little project in my life - for the simple joy of sharing with the like-minded people, as well as learning something new with every post in the process! The key point being, I have done it for myself as much as for the others to read. There! :)

 

I did contemplate enrolling an online course on travel writing, it seemed a good deal at first but I don't get into things before doing some research...as you will see, this is also how I travel. Some may think caution kills enjoyment, but that is only one side of the medal isn't it - you could say recklessness kills it too..! I am sure there are stories to back up both, but we'll get to that later. I've found out that the above-mentioned course lacks regular supervision, the one thing I really need if I want to make the best use of a learning material. I really suck at egging myself on.

 

So I will venture into this, leisurely, open-mindedly, with my imperfect forms of expression and sometimes curiously worded thoughts - the same that I've always done, in letters, diaries, just anytime I felt the urge to write something down. This feels enough for the baby post!