Bloganniversary ; celebrating 9 years of its existence
The day has come to celebrate this special
day; that special day is the anniversary of this blog. I’m so glad to share
that my blog turns 9 years today and I can’t be happier. When I started
publishing my articles in my personal blog 9 years ago, I had never imagined
that it would be instrumental in inculcating a life-long habit of writing in me.
This blog proved to be a faithful friend of mine whose friendship developed
during the sophomore year of my college life. It feels unbelievable for
me to realize that this blog still continues to reflect my innermost thoughts
and ideologies while I travel through different frames of time and space.
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This blog documents the journey of my life by witnessing various stages of my evolution. In 9 years of its existence, it has been successful enough to garner 6-digit-views of people across the world. It has stuck to me during adverse situations and provided me immense support. It’s strange to believe that this inanimate thing has occupied the most important part of my life. It has witnessed me completing my graduation, post-graduation, working in the corporate world, exploring different places and then countries, entering into married life, and striking off many things from my bucket list. When people came and went in my life, it stayed constant. During college days, when many relationships formed and broke off, I feel proud to have invested my time and energy in this relationship which still continues to be with me.
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This month is important for me not just for the anniversary of my blog but also celebrates the second anniversary of my marriage. Unlike this blog, I entered into the relatively early stage relationship for a life-long partnership which evolved through the days of struggle of lockdown and following the passion of life amidst all uncertainties. It was then I learned that every decision taken during the phase of uncertainty provides its own rewards but only those who get the privilege to enjoy these rewards have the courage to face these uncertainties. We can never enjoy a movie when we know its climax beforehand and the same concept applies to life as well.
During the last 9 years, I had never
pledged to write only in my blog. I grabbed the opportunity to write on
different platforms and experimented with different forms of writing such as long
and short forms. Not posting in my blog ever implied that I was not writing, in
fact, I was always writing, sometimes in my diary, other times as comments for my
fellow writers. Whenever I got any idea, I would right away draft it on my
mobile. Recently, I have been documenting my journey as a software developer in
my technical blog – coding concoction in Hashnode. I never shy away from complementing
fellow writers there from whom I learned a lot.
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I neither have any agenda nor any plan
to write in this blog, I will keep writing whenever or wherever I can or when I
am completely overtaken by the urge of writing. Writing, for me, is the
ultimate form of expression and I will continue to do it as long as I am alive.
I will write whenever I can
Even under the scorching heat
Holding a pen with my hand tanned
Or trying to write my emotions
With my frozen hands
I will write about the beauty
around
During spring in a foreign land
Like leaves of autumn, I will wait
For thoughts or ideas to be reborn
I will write whenever I am happy
Singing and dancing merrily
To appreciate the life
I will also write when I am sad
Not willing to share my grief
With the world around
I will write whenever or
Wherever I can
To help my words to reach
Those unvisited clans.
All
Rights Reserved
Swati
Sarangi
27.03.2022
