Two Years
Two years ago exactly, on September 2, 2016, I started this blog. At the time, I had just left my hometown for college, and thought that starting this site would be a great way to document a new chapter in my life. As someone who has always enjoyed writing and design, creating a site of my own had always been a goal of mine, but it also scared me. I grew up in a small town, and went to a tiny school, so I always feared being judged by my peers. So, naturally it felt right to start up this site right as I was going through a major change in my own life... and while posting on this blog for the first time was absolutely terrifying, I can honestly say that it was one of the best decisions that I've ever made.
Over the past two years, I've been able to document my life -- the good, the bad and everything in between... and it's so cool to look back and see how things have turned out. Since my first post, I attended college, took a semester off, transferred schools and moved to New York (fulfilling a life long dream of mine), and then recently moved back Los Angeles and returned to the college where I started... and while far from conventional, it's been an amazing journey that I've been lucky enough to document. In one of my first posts, I talked about how I wanted this blog to remain honest and raw, and evolve with me, and I love looking back every now and then, and seeing how that original plan has panned out.
For those of you who have been following this blog since day one, you know that 2016 was not an easy year for me, and I faced some unexpected bumps in the road. I experienced a decline in my health that ultimately led to me dropping out of school for the second half of the year (if you have no idea what I'm talking about, you can read more about that here), and while I knew that leaving school was the best thing for me to do in the moment, it was a really scary thing to do. It was the first time in my life where I really didn't know what was next for me, and I just had to take things one day at a time. I remember feeling so trapped in time as all of my friends were off at school meeting new people and expriencing a new place. Dealing with health issues at such a young age is not only humbling, but also very isolating, so having an online platform to share my story and connect with readers really helped me move through that period in time.
While 2016 was all about healing and health, 2017 for me was all about gaining back my strength and rebuilding my confidence. I'm at a completely different place in my life than where I was when I started this site. I really don't do a lot of these sappy posts anymore, but every now and then I still think that it's important to take a minute to reflect. I've always wanted this blog to tell a story and to have some sort of cohesiveness from beginning to end, and after two years, it's really crazy to see how this story has unfolded.
Moving forward, I hope to continue posting on this blog for the years to come, and be more open about sharing this site with others (something that I've really only recently started doing). At times, it can be really scary putting my life and my thoughts online, but it has also been such a rewarding process, and something that I wouldn't trade for the world. I want to learn more about the creative process behind blogging and web design, and continue to improve my content as well as the overall experince on this site. For those of you that have been following me on this journey since day one -- thank you so much... and for those of you who are new to my blog -- welcome... I hope you choose to stick around!
-seb.
