28 Things About My Blog

I’ve noticed that I’ve been preaching a lot more these days that many of you are mistaking me for a matured person who is on her path to sainthood. No folks, I’m as flawed and juvenile like anybody else and I strive to reach a place in life where everything makes sense. But there is still a long way to go and I’ll keep writing and updating about my life with all of you on the amount of stupidity and bad decisions it takes to achieve it.  Speaking of stupidity and bad decisions, today I thought why not talk about my blog to my readers since I’ve never mentioned how everything started off for me.

  1. I used to sketch on notepads when I came here and Bigshot found them interesting and suggested I start a blog which I was very much apprehensive about.
  2. Then I thought why not start a blog and write about everything that’s been happening in my life on a daily basis like it’s my personal journal and maybe never publish them.
  3. I registered for a blog on a cold month of December when I was on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Okay that was a slightly exaggerated version for some unwarranted sadness.
  4. I wanted my name to be part of the domain name and hence I decided to go for getawaygeeth.com
  5. Even though we got ourselves a domain name and a Self-hosted WordPress account, I had no clue how to go about with creating a website.
  6. For three months I studied an online course and checked out other websites to get an idea on how to make your own WordPress website.
  7. Those three months, I understood and realized that I knew shit about coding and it shook my confidence and wanted to quit immediately.
  8. However, I had a vision about how my website should look like and also utter joblessness lead me to take another course and finally had a finished website.
  9. With Bigshot’s constant nagging I started writing on the website instead of writing randomly on books and pieces of paper.
  10. The initial posts were written on the website which was not published and the thought of sharing it to the whole world was pretty terrifying.
  11. I was extremely anxious about the blog and making it public that I decided to delete the whole thing.
  12. Although, I couldn’t come to deleting it in just one day since I felt like this was my hardwork for 3 months that I shouldn’t just throw away.
  13. Then one fine day I was watching YouTube videos and heard one lady speaking about her struggles and how she got through them all by saying that there is no place for cowards in this world. And I felt like she was talking to me.
  14. I decided to make the website public along with the articles I wrote on March 15, 2016, which marked our first wedding anniversary.
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  16. I couldn’t stand the idea of others reading the blog that I used to wake up in the middle of the night panicking for almost a week.
  17. Slowly I started feeling much better and thanks to so many of you I felt motivated to write more and even better.
  18. There are more drafts on my blog compared to published posts because I always wonder what others might think about me or how they will react to it. Or sometimes I just felt too silly and became conscious to publish about my personal life.
  19. It took me more than 6 months to come out of that phase when my parents told me that you cannot please everyone in life and write what feels true to you.
  20. I stopped writing 2 times in between since I started the blog.
  21. The first time I stopped writing was when someone I didn’t even know well told me something less constructive and highly judgmental about the blog.
  22. The second time I stopped writing was when I couldn’t get anything done properly the way I wanted in life and I needed a break.
  23. Another reason for not writing regularity during the time was because of my constant battle with myself regarding what to share and what to keep private.
  24. Today I feel much better and I can’t thank all of you enough for always supporting and encouraging me. The love means a lot.
  25. I also want to thank people who criticized and meant good. It pushed me to be even better.
  26. I cringe at some of my initial posts and still feel the need to delete some of them.
  27. This blog is literally my baby who has seen me be happy, thrilled, giggling, weeping, bawling my eyes out and also becoming a proud mama.
  28. Also, I’ve some exciting news in hand which I’m not supposed to talk about but soon I’ll be able to disclose it you. Can’t wait 🙂
  29. Today when I look back, I’ve become more sane and less scattered along with this blog and I feel extremely happy that I can now, without feeling insecure, share my flaws, troubles, happiness and goofiness with all of you. Have a good day/night everyone 🙂

Author: Lakshmi Geeth

I’m an ordinarily odd person who is pleasant to talk to. When I’m not trying to be funny, I would be lying on the floor bawling my eyes out. I write weird stories, real life snippets, traumatic and dramatic memories along with doses of unsolicited advices. 🙂

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