Renaissance

Rebirth. To most, rebirth happens after some special, life-altering events. My blog is undergoing renaissance not for this reason, at least not solely for this reason. I’ve lost hold of my domain because I am unable to renew it since my financial priorities are not currently set on purchasing or renewing online subscriptions. But one of my avid fans for the past three years in the person that is my boyfriend, convinced me to continue. Through his help and encouragement, I am then rebuilding what I have established since 2012 – or if we go back even further – since circa 2003.

Blogging was not a thing back then. Maybe not to me. Before, it was simply journaling. From my private journal notebooks, I decided to shift to typing since it captured more of my thoughts in a faster rate. There are some things I still confide better in paper. Through the years, I felt that there are some thoughts I prefer sharing online, despite not necessarily having a significant amount of following, save for a few friends a family. Occasionally, I would get messages from long lost friends, acquaintances even, saying that they enjoy a few of my posts.

This being said, I never thought about my target audience when I write. I write better when I know I’m writing only for myself. Recently, as I dwindle down from jotting my ideas and get more focused on a “journalistic style” that I should maintain, I’ve lost complete interest in writing. Looking back at some of my older posts when I simply wrote to record, to remember, to freeze memories, I recall how much I enjoy having done so and so I would shift back and write again, just for inspiration and motivation to fade away again, first for weeks, then months and eventually years.

Since I am sort of “obliged” – for a lack of a better term – to get back to writing, as a favor and also as a fulfilment to a promise not only to my boyfriend, but to my past, present and owing it to my future self, I hope this renaissance I’m attempting to (re)make for the nth time already, for Pete’s sake, will prove to be worth the shot.

Some of my previous posts are still accessible here leniontheroad.wordpress.com. Oh, those were such simpler and humbler times! However, for this resurrection, I prefer to reveal less of my face, any personal information but more of my thoughts, ideas, musings – sometimes profound, more often simple – that I hope would spark some discussion to anyone who dare visit, stumble by accident, stay and read my piece of haven in the internet, lurking around someone’s algorithm.

Walk with me here at Leni on the Road!