Four years ago today, it was a Monday but I woke up early but lazy because I had requested a day off. I switched on the computer and checked and double and triple checked that I had actually submitted my MA dissertation (2nd March was the deadline) and then I went back to bed, to watch the Reservoir Dogs with coffee and chocolate. That was my idea of signalling to my brain that, after two years and a half of a long academic marathon that my MA studies combined with a full-time job were, I can finally take a break and breathe.
I was considering to turn this day into a laziness bonanza but by 3 p.m. I was already an owner of a domain and a blog and shortly after I published my first post. And I haven’t stopped since.
It has been 4 years, 267 posts, 1 author, 22,985 visitors and 30,500 visits and pretty much every country of the planet, including the US, Russia, Nigeria, Canda, South Africa, Uzbekistan, Malaysia, Australia, Sri Lanka, Estonia, the UK, India, Spain, Latvia, Slovakia, Japan, Singapore, Kyrgystan, Sweden, Egypt, Phillipines, the Netherlands, France, Ireland and Greece. Within the last 48 yours. This kind of a list always brings a huge smile on my face.
Every year, when I am approaching this anniversary, I make myself sit down and reflect on the blogging year that has just finished and answer the same question: ‘Do you want to go on for another year?’ I do, I still do.
I love writing, I am happy that I can share my ideas and that there are people who find them useful. Maybe I am making a ripple, a tiny, little one.
Thank you, dear readers, for still being here, for clicking and for being an incentive to write.
Happy teaching!
You’ve shared so much in the last 4 years Anka! I can’t believe it’s only been that long, because it feels like you’ve always been part of the blogosphere 🙂 Happy anniversary, and just keep writing!
Sandy
Thank you, Sandy!!!