The start of my blog

The idea of starting a blog came about last year. But then to actually build a blog, that took quite some time. I wanted to do it myself. On the one hand because I like to be creative. On the other hand because I like to be in control. And building my blog myself allowed me to fulfill both of those things.

I did not expect it would take this long to put my blog online. I started in November. And have been working on it intermittently until now. Before I had the current layout, several ideas passed the review, I started building a design just as many times and then discarded it. I found it challenging to create a design that appealed to me, drew my future readers to my blog and kept them there, and that I could easily maintain. I succeeded in the first and last points. The second point, my readers, I have yet to see.

Am I surprised it took me so long? No. Because that's how it goes more often with projects I take on. Then I usually run into two things: my tendency toward perfectionism and the chaos in my head.
Doordat ik alles in mijn hoofd tot in de puntjes goed wil hebben, blijf ik bezig. Als ik mezelf nog een half jaar de tijd had gegeven dan was ik nog zes maanden bezig geweest met tweaken, aanpassen, hervormen, enzovoort. Ik vind altijd wel iets wat beter kan, mooier kan, iets dat nog aangepast moet worden Daarom heb ik tegen mezelf gezegd ‘dit is wat het is, en het is goed zoals het is’. 

I have also found that it is quite confronting, writing a blog. It forces me to think about things. And those aren't necessarily the nicest things. By writing it down, it seems to become even more of a reality than it already is. At the same time, it also helps me understand things again, see them from a different light and process them. Even after such a long time. So I find that I am doing good, for myself. Now to get you, my readers, excited about it.