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.
Because I want everything in my head to be right to the last detail, I stay busy. If I had given myself another six months, I would have spent another six months tweaking, adjusting, reforming, and so on. I always find something that could be better, more beautiful, something that needs tweaking That's why I said to myself 'this is what it is, and it's good the way it 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.