New blog, who dis?

Hello, world.

It’s been a while since I’ve kept up a blog. In the past, I’ve hosted blogs on various platforms, kept separate from any personal website. It’s time to self-host and bring it all under one roof.

Reasons I haven’t written much

I cringe when I look back on old blog posts, and that’s a reason why I haven’t been more profilic. I’m not even that active on social media anymore (even when it’s only close friends and family). Whenever an old post, or “memory” pops up in my feed, I become so embarrassed. Why did I feel the need to share that?

Another reason: imposter syndrome. I can’t help but feel like any blog post I write won’t be interesting, useful or insightful to anyone else. My inner saboteur always has me thinking: “This information is obvious to me, and so it must be to everyone else. Your thoughts on this are not worth sharing.”

But self-effacement isn’t useful to anyone, nor is it a good look.

A new leaf

Recently I’ve taken some time off to evaluate my career and how I can shake it up a little. I love my career, and I’m interested in exploring what new directions I can take it to. I’m hoping one of those directions is being more public with my career: more writing, more public speaking, more events. Building a public persona.

I want to overcome those reasons above and write more blog posts. So, here it goes!