Why start blogging now?

“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second-best time is now. It is fruitless to wish you had started years ago, years from now you will wish you had started today.”

With these phrases in mind, I decided to start a blog. When I started my travels in December 2019 someone had already told me that I should make a blog to document my experiences during my travels. I didn’t do it because I didn’t know how and I didn’t think my life was worth writing about, even if I was travelling the world.

I find it hard to see this most of the time, but I think I have grown a lot since then. My way of thinking is different and so is my view of the world, my perception has changed. So, where my point of view in the past was “it is not for me”, “I am not interesting enough”, “I have nothing to tell” it is now “now is as good as any other time”, “it can only teach me something”, “I do have something to tell, and so does everyone else”.

“If you change the way you look at things the things you look at change”

And this also feels true to me when it comes to writing a blog or undertaking any other project. Often my mind is clouded by fear, doubt, and judgment. Much less than in the past but still very often. I am happy to tell you that now, I am at least aware of these negative thoughts when they occur or right after they occur, and thus I can change my perception in the process or the value I give to these thoughts afterward.

In case of me writing this blog, I had destructive thoughts about why I didn’t do this earlier, when I let my mind spin out of control, I would even beat myself up over it. In the past three years I have had so many experiences that I could’ve written something about. I would’ve had a sense of purpose during my travels and maybe I would’ve purposefully invested in a good camera so I could make stunning footage. “Why start now? It’s probably already too late. I have travelled for almost 3 years now and soon I might go home and quit travelling, then I will have nothing to write about anyway.” These were all thoughts that ran through my mind. And from a certain point of view some of the thoughts might make sense.

But from another point of view, I could say (and I often do). “I wasn’t ready back then; I was a different person, I have changed, I learned, and I have grown.” If not now, then when?

“No man steps in the same river twice, for he is not the same man, and it is not the same river” Heraclitus

There you have it, my reasons for writing a blog. I hope for all of you that you might find something you like in the things I write about. I will go as wide with my topics as my thoughts take me. If you have any comments, suggestions or questions feel free to send me a message through the contact page or comment below. See ya!