My blogging experience (so far)

Last week one of my friend had called me & while talking with him casually about various things, my blog was also discussed. He said quite sarcastically ‘Iam seeing that you have been writing some crap regularly. You have only 2 followers & one of them is your wife (chuckle). I don’t know how many could be reading it, but I can see that nobody bothers to even comment. This whole thing is so stupid; a complete waste of time blah blah‘. He was having a good time, making fun of me & my blog. More on that, later.

This entire concept called blogging had been bugging me for over 2 yrs. I had always wanted to get into it, but there was some mental block about the whole idea of blogging, which was stopping me from starting it. I didn’t know whether I had the ability to write a blog or if I would be able to write regularly for that matter. I didn’t want to start blogging just for the heck of it & then quit after finding it not suiting me. It is not my style.

Time for some bragging & let me cite an example to substantiate my last sentence (statement). While I was trying to get into films, I decided to learn stunts (against the interest of many well-wishers). The very first day of my training, I understood that I may not be able to go very far in stunt class. Because I have a shoulder dislocation problem & the fundamentals of the stunt class was to stand upside down for 2-3 minutes as a warm-up exercise everyday. I was literally struggling in my first class as my shoulders were shaking (while standing upside down) & I was terrified about getting another dislocation. My master ‘Powerfast’ Pandian told me that this vigorous training may not suit me, as a strong shoulder is the base for many stunts like cartwheel, somersault, flipflop etc. But I persisted & said that I will learn these things moderately & go on to learn kicking / punching / stick fight etc exhaustively. I did exactly that for the next 6 months & I made decent progress in all areas, although my shoulder was giving me slight problems now & then.

I stopped my stunt class after 6 months, when I realized that it might not get me anywhere & started to concentrate more on dance classes.

So, coming back to my friend’s call which I had mentioned in the 1st paragraph; When I started a blog, I knew exactly what Iam getting into. I knew that it is a long-term commitment & not a pastime affair. If at all, I had to break the commitment there has to be a good enough reason to do so. I was perfectly aware of the consequences. I was prepared to fail as a blogger. I was prepared to take criticism or indifference for writing something stupid.

But this whole experience of blogging has given me immense fulfillment. I have discovered another facet of myself, which I didn’t even think I possessed earlier. Iam happy about every post of mine, how much ever stupid it looks to others & Iam sure that I would cherish reading them all after 15-20 yrs. When I started with blogging, I was truly struggling with the flow & it used to take a long time for me to write a single blog. Nowadays it has become relatively easier, but ofcourse, I have become more casual now & my choice of words now is definitely not as effective as it was earlier. But I have come to understand that a blog has to be written that way only. It has to be colloquial.

About my blogging time, I come to office everyday by 7am in the morning & leave by 8pm. In between I would be going home for breakfast & lunch. Although Iam busy most of the time at office, I do get some free hours here & there. But I have not reached the level where I can write a blog at any time of my convenience. A lot of times, I would start to type a blog but had to give up, because the concentration & the flow would be lacking. So, I can write a blog only during a certain time in the day (when Iam totally relaxed) & Iam finding it absolutely difficult to blog regularly for that reason. That’s why this interval of 10-15 days between every blog; Otherwise I would love to write a blog everyday.

For that matter, I have been writing another blog ‘ One life – Million dreams ', which is like my personal diary & I have made it as private. I record my day to day experiences there & how I perceive different things all thru. That is more informal & I scribble everything that comes to my mind. I only spend 10 minutes in a day for it & I do it first thing in the morning.

So, on the whole blogging has been a fantastic experience & I intend to continue with it forever. Iam sure that one-day I will reach the level of writing interesting articles on an everyday basis & my quest will continue till then.

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."