Starting again in 2018

I started blogging back in 2012 to document my college life. After reading through my blog, some of my posts are really corny and even pretentious. I never really had a clear idea who my audience was. My focus kept on shifting on who to really engage with every post. I tried appealing to other students of my age bracket. Other times, I just wanted to share interesting snapshots of my life whenever I could and whenever there is something I am proud to share about. 

Looking back, I admire my old self for mustering the courage to be transparent and genuine about his feelings despite possible backlash or disapproval. My old self knew better than my present self how to be resilient against the tendency to validate one's worth based on popular opinions and mainstream ideals.

Starting again this blog in 2018 made me realize that the audience who benefited the most from this blog is myself. Each post from the past showed me how the most precious memories are sourced from the most genuine moments—simple, raw, and valuable. 

Things don't have to be grand in order to memorable. I remember seeing a blog post about one of my classmate giving me a biscuit that really made happy that day. These days, we are more than forced to ingest packaged notions of how to live a happy life. Willingly or unwillingly, we subscribe to these narrow perspective on fulfillment and happiness. One of my goals for starting this blog again is to document another unique journey in my life. I had a very interesting college journey and I only hope things become better on this new ride.