Just thought I'd mark the special occasion of this blog's first birthday. I wrote the post 'The Beginning' on the 4th April last year. I'm amazed that I've managed to keep this blog alive for that long- granted I'm not much of a regular blogger, but I'm still here and intending to carry on.
I thought I should reflect on what I said in my first post and see what remains the same and what's changed. Reading it back I cringed out a lot less than I thought I would- so that's a positive to start with!
In the post I said I was writing the blog for me- as a 'scrapbook' (a lazy one) of things I wanted to remember. This is still true. This blog is still for me, to help me remember the tiny details that might be overshadowed and lost in the excitement of new places and crazy days. As cliche as it sounds, I think it's the little things that will one day be more important than the big.
I've also stayed true (mostly) to the idea this blog will be about me travelling, exploring and learning. I certainly had a killer year last year- 2015 is firmly titled Best Year of My Life (so far!) and I love that I can now look back on that summer and recall almost everything we did and the places we went. I'm very glad I started this blog for that reason. There are no plans to change what this blog is about- I have some plans for this year too, which I'll share in another post as I intend to 'scrapbook' those too. With regards to keeping a collection of tips, that has been made easier with the add-on 'Today, the Big Wide World has taught me...' which was a genius suggestion from a faithful reader.
I'm still 100% backing my belief that not seeing this incredible world would be a waste of my lifetime- I'm going to continue working on exploring this planet. And on the topic of exploring, I'd still love to go on a round the world trip, but I'm thinking that as a gap year that's a bit ambitious with 0 funds! I do have some gap year ideas though- some travelling thrown in there... Again, a topic for another post I think.
In terms of what's changed, I feel more secure in knowing what this blog is really about- and simply, that's just the little parts of my life that I want to remember. I also have more experience in all 'this', so I feel more confident in making and sharing my posts. Not much has changed really and I think that's good, I must have started with something decent.
I've loved the suggestions from people, the comments, interaction about posts and I'm glad I get that. As I said on my very first post, even though I write this for me, 'it's out there to be read'.
I think that just leaves me to say thank you to those that read every post, or even just the odd one.
Here's to another year of learning and exploring.
Birthday Love,
L
XXX
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