We Don’t Know What We Have…
Until Bluehost crashes.
A couple of weeks ago I finished a post about some upcoming TV shows and movies that were coming out during the following weeks. The post included Ratched, Utopia and a couple of movies that I felt were worth watching.
However. I opened my blog the day that my post was scheduled to be published and found something similar to this.
A few days and a bunch of messages later with Jetpack Support (Jetpack is a useful WordPress plugin), I started to worry. None of the solutions seemed to be functioning and I am pretty “illiterate” when it comes to fixing computer related issues.
At this point, my inner Drama Queen took over I thought about the possibility of losing the blog, about not being able to share anything else on the same platform. I remember the whole experience of working on this blog since I pressed “Publish” for the first time.
Anyway, a bunch of days, emails and a different theme later, the site is back and safe and I thought it was a good moment to do a summary of its evolution.
This blog wasn’t a spontaneous impulse. I thought about buying a host and sharing my thoughts for months before I had the guts to do it. There were too many cons on my mind: I knew my writing style was terrible, and I didn’t have any experience working with online (nor physical) publications.
On top of that, I was hesitant about sharing my perspective with the online world.
But if your body and mind are asking you to do something for a long time, you need to do it, whether that something is to finish a vegan cooking course or joining ballet classes.
I started publishing articles that were meant to follow a journey of me re-educating myself on multiple topics, from reading about materialist habits and self-growth to showcasing movies that, in my opinion, haven’t been shared enough due to lack of funds. I would be thinking about topics in the most uncommon places like my commute to the office or before going to sleep.
Even though this blog has less than 3 years of existence, my life has changed in multiple ways. I have moved flats at least 3 times and I have changed careers. I have succeeded and I have failed too. Of course, I have also felt uncertainty, without mentioning those days when I felt I had nothing to write, nothing valuable in my mind that could be worth putting into words, times when all my creative energy seemed to be dead and buried under Constantinople.
When I think about the effect this blog has had on my life, I remember how much I want to improve and apply new changes and habits into my lifestyle. I like testing new habits and share my results. This always leads to me knowing myself better, to be more adventurous and open-minded.
When I am inspired, I can communicate my intentions and beliefs with the hope they can help someone else. When I am not, I try to act and immerse myself in something different to change my state.
Therefore, I know that many of the events that encouraged my evolution as a human was initially originated from my desire to sharing something new on this site.
I enjoy coming up with measures to stop buying material items I don’t need, I try new foods and get out of my comfort zone by visiting new cities. Also collecting random ideas in unusual places and write them down in my notebooks.
I want to learn from articles, documentaries and, of course, from life experiences too.
As an example, I’ve had a look at the 2020 goals which I shared with you at the beginning of the year. It’s no surprise that the events that have unfolded during this period of time have changed our plans in multiple ways. Yet, I still want to complete some of them. My intention of sharing the outcome increases my appetite for achieving them harder. I don’t mind facing a few failures, but the idea of sharing the resolutions with a 10/10 failure rate doesn’t excite me that much.
In conclusion, sharing this blog with you helps me be my better self. I couldn’t be more grateful for the people that decide to read me, you always give me the best tips. I love following your advice and, at the end of the day, your positive thoughts are the ultimate reason why I want to continue improving and collecting valuable information (heart emoji!).
21 Comments
SUDARSHAN PALIWAL
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John Malone
Hi! It’s great to see that you are back, I did visit your blog over the last couple of weeks and I was a bit worried that you had dropped it or something.
Very inspiring article! It’s awesome that you keep enjoying sharing all these things with us, and I am happy to read them and I am sure a few other people feel the same way too
Kiira Smith
I can’t be happier now that It’s back! Time to think about the next post 🙂
Jamie
That main photo looks WOW, seriously! Where is that from?
It’s always interesting to hear your perspective on things, you seem to be someone who thinks a lot about how are you feeling and how are you doing and there is a lot to learn from being introspective
Love the new blog look BTW!
Kiira Smith
That’s very kind!
The main image from this post is the one that I took in Istanbul, I love the “oil painting” vibe that it has.
Manon
oohhh it’s the worst that you’ve had issues, at an old job that I had, I was looking after some websites and they can just crash for any reason and unless you know a lot about it (not like you or me for the looks of it) then it’s really tough and frustrating!
Great that you sorted it
Kiira Smith
Thanks, so happy to be finally back!
Victoria
You are looking amazing on those photos love! Are those photos from some of the trips you’ve made?
It’s great that you are posting again 🙂
Kiira Smith
Thank you Victoria! You guessed it right, The main header is from Iceland (The Sun Voyager) and the main post image is from Istanbul.
I highly recommend visiting both places by the way 🙂
Jess
That’s so annoying that you had to go through that. It must have been so concerning, with you not knowing what was going to happen with your blog that you have been dedicating so much time to.
Keep sharing your thoughts and experiences with us!
Kiira Smith
Thank you! It’s so exciting to be finally back 🙂
Kelsey
Good to hear that you are back on control of your blog!!
Keep em coming (the posts I mean)
Kiira Smith
I’m on my way 🙂
Marcia
Great post and good that you are back
Let us know if you have seen anything interesting lately!
Kiira Smith
I’ll be sharing some new tips and reviews very soon 🙂
Isabelle
Loving your blog!
Kiira Smith
That’s lovely thank you Isabelle 🙂
Joe
It’s interesting to hear about your insecurity related to start the blog, but the thing is you have been doing great!
By the way I work in Literature and I can see that your writing has improved a lot overtime. Good work!
Kiira Smith
I really appreciate that Joe, it’s very important to me to see some type of progress in my writing style 🙂
Lamis
I’ve always heard that Bluehost is def not great. Think about changing providers!
Kiira Smith
It’s good that it’s back!