Welcoming 2023 with A Little Flashback on 2021-2022

Happy New Year!

May the new year of 2023 brings you so much joy and happiness in life.

It's been almost two years since the last time I wrote something on this blog and I just want to kick off 2023 by recapping things that happened in the last two years.

the writing has 120.000 readers!

Let's begin with the story.

I jumped to this blogging community quite late, which is in 2015 where at the time being social media is hyping up the phone and people simply don't have the time to read writings like blogs. But I didn't lose hope. One of my first writings got quite a reader, which was 100 thousand (and still counting), and it gave me hope on writing this blog.

But then again, we all know the road isn't always smooth. I had to really find interesting topics to discuss, sometimes I could just have sleepless nights thinking about something to write, hoping that it could match the previous hundred-thousand-reader article while balancing on my real life and works.

Life hit me hard, yet again I have to think about the future of this blog.

There are times where I try to upload my writings on this blog and it does not succeed, and I chose to delete the post (dumb, I know) but looking back as an adult, I should have made it a possibility to assess which writings fit the reader and which ones don't.

This blog started to have spider webs in it.
Picture is mine
Location: Paris Van Java Mall

Well, is it too late to fill this blog again in 2023? We never know, but this blog will remain a Quibbler. Quibbler means small things. I chose the name quibbler because I only write things I want, there is no specific pattern or specialization in this blog. We could be talking about pageant, lifestyle, product review, and many more.

Mmkay... Enough opening. It's time for me to tell what really happened in the last two years.

In late 2020, I suffered depression, not many people are aware (now they are) which caused me to pull back from society. I got into this rollercoaster of emotion in my head, I feel like the world is plotting something against me. I used to be a cheerful kid with a smile on why face, but adulting hit me hard. The depression, global pandemic, economy problem, and dealing with academic stuff stressed me out. I tried really hard to pull myself back, but digging my way out from the dark took me quite some times.

light starts to fill in
Picture courtesy of mine
Location: Jakarta Selatan

2021 was the time where the light started to come through, I got to the point where I can see myself recovering, although I know it will have me working for so many more years but at least the light is there, it's a ray of sun in my cave. During that time, I had to do a quick catch-up with the whole world. I started making new friends too. It was not easy, but I made my way through. The recovery took my whole self and distracted me. I forgot this blog even existed, but it was not the peak. Brace yourselves.

In 2022, after finishing college and snatching a full-time job, I slowly take myself to heal all aspect in me. Just like a plant revamping itself from the brink of death, I climbed to reach myself again. It was really tiring, not gonna lie, but hey, things start to work out. This year, I totally focused on plastering the holes in my life that I really forgot this blog is even here hahahaha.

I managed to do so many things in 2022, I tried really hard to break the last few shells of my depression but it was just very hard to do. Things like that takes time. I still haven't fully recovered but I'm getting there. 2022 gave me so much lessons and unlocked some new achievements but I won't just stop there. I'm trying to get myself back. Those things; recovering, trying new things, breaking the shells, working, etc. etc. got most of my time, that I didn't have enough time to maintain this platform. 24 hours is just not enough.

Welcoming 2023 steady and slow.

In 2023, I plan on taking things steady and slow. The rays are getting brighter. My cave has a regular sunshine in it. Although, I would still have to drag myself to come out there, at least I have made a huge dent before I am ready to snatch back the old me, but in its best version.

I now have time to sit down and think, and I guess life will come back to this blog. Just wait and see.

Thank you for reading, I kind of need to practice and sharpen my blog writing skill again. Working on it, LOL.

Bye and wait for more writings in 2023!!