July 2024
Almost 20 years ago I started sharing bits and pieces of my life with strangers by writing about it publicly on the internet. I shared opinions on TV shows, movies and music, I shared stories from travelling or just the mundane everyday life. Even after all this time I still can’t really say why I started with it in the first place. It might be because I was already reading blogs back then and enjoyed it and thought I could contribute with my own. Communicating online instead of face to face always felt easier for me anyway. I also used those posts as archives for myself about my activities and experiences.
When I read back through the early years I notice how much my “content” has changed. I used to extensively chat about all kinds of things. I also used to share personal stuff about me and my family and in a vague way about my work. After about a decade I began to loose the drive I had started with and it feels my content became less opiniated pieces and a lot of mundane recapping my regular life.
Hardly anyone in my regular life knows about this blog. I guess most people wouldn’t understand why I shared all this mundane but also personal stuff to begin with. And they’d have a point.
A few weeks ago I had a massive “what am I doing here?” moment and decided to change things. Most of the blog is now archived for my eyes only. The posts I kept on this “new” (since June 2020) blog are posts I’d be fine for anyone from my offline life find and read. I’ll try to keep it that way. Share opinions about books, podcasts, events either cultural or political. Fangirl over Frank Turner (and others). That won’t ever change. And in all my fangirling probably still get personal.
You can reach me via Email at susanne[at]ctbm.net or on Instagram, Mastodon.Scot, Twitter as @dennasus.