The end of the year is a good time for reflection.

I found myself with a lot of time and not much to do at the end of 2019 as my travel documents were stolen and I was waiting for replacements1, so I started writing.

I’ve always thought I should create more, especially since I end up consuming so much content. It’ll probably help me remember the important things, as well as become a better writer. It may even be helpful, or at least entertaining, to someone else.

I was influenced by a bunch of blog posts, most recently “Why you should write” by David Perell2, which convinced me to get started.

So, after the obligatory day spent researching blogging platforms, evaluating many many themes, trying several hosting options (before realising that it doesn’t really matter), and seriously considering writing a static site generator myself, here we go.

Hopefully I can build this into a habit that continues after life gets busy again!

Footnotes:

  1. It’s been a challenging experience, and I gained solace from a few blog posts by people who went through it before me. To pay that forward, I’m writing up my own experience and will be posting on here soon. ↩︎

  2. I came across David Perell’s blog when his “Coolest things I learned in 2019” made the Hacker News top 10. It’s a great read. ↩︎