Hi friends. I haven’t actually blogged this year. Life
still continues to be a roller coaster ride. I have been busy doing a lot of
varied things this year and have some big plans for the rest of the year as
well (the major in this list is my annual half marathon and the preparations
are in full swing). I wrote some long short stories, have been writing for the
web, did an online workshop to unleash the artist within, experimented with
other forms of art, did a few artist dates with myself, got into writing the
daily journal and now have been struggling with the status of a forced single
mother of two cute brats. I kept planning and postponing a blogathon all this
while to kick myself writing here, never realizing that the year is just
slipping by. I was almost sure that if I am not writing, obviously there is no
one reading the pages here but to my surprise, the viewership on the blog has
been consistent with few major peaks as well. This is a special gratitude post
for all my silent and anonymous readers who have been dedicatedly showing on my
turf.
So why am I writing today? Because I returned after a long
time only to be pleasantly surprised that the page view of my blog has crossed
another milestone. It feels special today because although at very slow pace
but my blog has touched the 20K mark. A BIG THANK YOU to all my readers till date who
have helped me achieve this feat. Getting into the blogging world opened new
paradigm of life for me and the journey has been splendid. I haven’t written
much but have been reading a lot. 68 posts in a span of 3 years is not a good
score but I enjoyed connecting with other fellas in the blogging world which
was entirely new to me. I got introduced to blogging because I stumbled upon
‘Life is what you make it’ by Preeti Shenoy and got absolutely smitten by the
author, her writing style which kept me hooked on till the end of the book and
her attitude towards life. Visiting her blog every morning became a part of my
life which is when I was drawn towards this entire world of blogging. I started
following more blogs and as I always had a little writer inside me too, I donned this new identity in my life. I was going through a rough patch in
my life when I started writing here and it did help tremendously in overcoming
the identity crisis which I was facing at that point of time. The memories are
still vivid of how my first post came up. So with fond memories of inception of
this part of my life and also wishing myself luck for longer innings, I dedicate
this post to Preeti Shenoy, my inspiration in blogging and hope that I show
here more often.
Well, I have been planning for long to do a blog marathon
and the time just looks perfect for that. So I announce a blog marathon in the
month of October and hope to offer you some interesting reads in this season.
