Begin Again

I’ve had several blogging experiences, each marking a different phase in my journey. In total, I can identify at least three such phases.

First phase: Junior high school

During an IT class, our teacher instructed us to create personal blogs for self-introductions, utilizing Blogspot as the platform. Initially, I settled for a basic template and wrote a single introductory post, meeting the initial requirement. However, upon observing my friends enhance their blogs with custom themes such as Naruto, I felt compelled to join in to avoid missing out.

The blog was adorned with various widgets, including a visitor counter, text that spun around the cursor, autoplaying songs, and other eccentric additions. In hindsight, I view these elements with a sense of cringe from my more mature perspective. However, as a junior high school student, I found them intriguing and cool at the time.

During this phase, I published numerous blog posts, although I didn’t actually write them myself. Instead, I simply shared random content from Wikipedia. Looking back, I recognize it as a rather pathetic way to begin my blogging journey. Consequently, I permanently deleted that blog for good.

Second phase: College

I paused my blogging activities during my final year of junior high school, only to begin again once I entered college. In my freshman year, I took on the role of a social media admin. The content was primarily provided by other team members or obtained from third-party sources. My responsibility was to post this content using our own poster designs.

The role of a social media admin inspired me to share my own written content. Initially, I chose to publish them on LINE, as it was widely popular among high school and college students at the time. LINE, known primarily as a chat app, offered a feed feature, which, at the time of writing, is called LINE VOOM.

After repeatedly publishing my own writings, I eventually decided to transition to a blog format. I opted for WordPress, as it was the platform I was most comfortable and familiar with.

Reflecting on those experiences, I can’t help but cringe a bit, realizing that I shared quite a few personal details that probably shouldn’t have been made public. Thus, similar to my first blog, I chose to permanently remove this one as well, aiming to eliminate any embarrassing digital traces.

Third phase: Working adult

This represents the current stage of my journey. Now proficient as a frontend engineer, I no longer require CMS platforms like Blogspot or WordPress to create websites. This led me to develop my new blog using Astro. My goal for this blog is to avoid delving too deeply into personal matters. Instead, I plan to share technical stuff and showcase my projects as well. If I do decide to write about my personal experiences, I hope it will be content that I won’t regret sharing later on.

So I guess that’s it. On a Sunday in a cafe, I begin to blog again.