Whatever happened to the days when people just wrote about themselves and their lives candidly, without too much concern for how polished it would appear, or how much engagement it would stimulate online?
I know it's unlikely there will ever be a similar season once again, but I do miss the era where blogs reigned supreme. I probably have said this before in past blog posts, but I guess the sentiment never goes away and keeps bubbling back up to the surface.
So I just keep bringing it up.
I recall a time growing up where so many people in my life owned personal blogs and actually made time to frequently update them. It was great being able to have such a huge writing community, so to speak. I mean, they didn't all think of writing in as fond a manner as I do, but nevertheless they wrote.
And words are my kind of romance.
Most of us even had a special corner of our blog where we would showcase a list of all our friend's blogs.
It was a great shortcut to have since you could always anytime click on whichever friend's blog link and head straight over to see what was the latest thing they had posted on.
And it also allowed other visitors to your site to discover your friends' blogs. Which, who knows, could lead to interesting things coming their way maybe?
These days, people only seem to like posting videos and photos and focus less and less on the crafting of words. Full-fledged blog-style posts are even harder to come by.
Well, some longwinded storytellers do use social media posts to write super long stories and explanations, but somehow I feel it's totally NOT the same. It just seems like a ramble.
Not that blog posts weren't often made out of such aimless conversations though. But somehow it felt more readable? More methodical and purposeful. I don't know.
Maybe it's just me growing older and thinking of the past much too fondly than I ought. Since, you know, things in the past are rarely as rosy as you remember them. But I guess it's just things that I miss. Those treasures that you once knew and that you may most likely never ever retrieve again.
Only in memories. These things only exist in memories.
Blogs, in the true spirit they used to exist for. How I miss them.
I also miss the random readers who used to drop comments on Blogspot blogs like this one. It feels almost like no one properly reads anything anymore.
Sigh.
Where is everybody?
And can't we just write stuff and not worry about the number of likes/comments/shares something gets?
To just be all about the story. Sharing life. And connecting with anyone who's keen.
I don't ever intend to blog from the standpoint of an expert or a celebrity or the like. I just want to tell you about my life. And hope you'll find it intriguing enough to keep reading. Then maybe, just maybe it might inspire you to tell me more about yours.
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