Blogamorphasis: what the pixiedustbeach blog is slowly morphing into

Blogging 101’s first task had some interesting questions. Here are my thoughts:

• Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
  

  All things wedding delight me (most of the time)

  • I love journals and paper. I’ve always wrote out of sheer pleasure, scribbling into blank pages and writing snail mail cards. But the older I got, time became ever more precious, and there was no longer the luxury to regularly sit in a café with a coffee in hand and write. Journaling gave way to parties, relationships, and being in the moment. Times also changed – we have entered into an age where solitude gave way to interaction. It needs to be facebooked/instagrammed/twittered to have happened. I’m done with Facebook though. To me it was addictive, a time-waster, and didn’t add value to life. Tiring being in a self-created spotlight, displaying the good and hiding the bad. Or it went the other way, and became someone’s space to vent about every misfortune. All in digestible bite sizes – Facebook stories are feeds, seldom articles. Statuses became trivial. Everything was news, including the latest slice of apple pie from Starbucks. Apps made it easy to scroll first thing in the morning, making passive consumption the norm, and creating content the exception. There is the beauty of staying in touch with friends and relatives afar. But I’m not sure it necessarily brought people closer together. It was an excuse not to phone, write, or email, if anything. There was no middle ground, there was the ever changing privacy policies, and an ever invasive news feed.
  • Then I discovered blogging. Is it different than Facebook? Yes! A good middle ground it seemed. Reading people’s thoughts, choosing what to follow, finding like minded thinkers and also those that challenged my world view. A place for interacting, yet without the pressure of maintaining an already existing image. It’s great not to be force-fed information. I’m blogging anonymously, but for those who know me well enough and stumble across my blog, there are hints here and there about who I am. Still, I love the freedom to write relatively carefree.
• What topics do you think you’ll write about?
  • I’ve mentioned this in about. I’m writing about relationships, wedding planning, and increasingly, reviews about services I use. These are mostly in the context of Hong Kong. But occasionally I’ll write about a general topic which isn’t geographically specific.
  • In the “All Posts” tab you’ll find a list of all my posts.
• Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
  • People who have similar views, and people who challenge my own views. While groupthink is comfortable I fear
    

    Say no to excessive groupthink

    thinking like everyone else. I used to be in a space where everyone had to conform, stand in line, product the exact same results. There was no room for error. Mistakes were shunned. It wasn’t what I wanted. I’m hoping to explore different ways of thinking, express my views, receive encouragement and see how people think. There’s many ways to view the same event. I’m also writing about service reviews of places that I’ve been to, because I often find reviews online lacking or riddled with marketing overtones. Honest, candid reviews are hard to come by!

• If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?
  • An increased readership, more interaction with fellow bloggers, and exploring more blogs that inspire and speak truth about where they are from. It’s such a vast and diverse community. I’ve only started a short while and am pretty excited already. What people can do by their sheer determination and creativity is amazing. There are some blogs out there with a sleek, structured, unified theme. I’m hoping mine can be like that someday.

Thanks for stopping by. Happy reading!

How about you – what’s your blog all about?