How Did I Begin Blogging?

Hi everyone! I am in the mood to tell you a story of my past.

Years back, when I was around 13-14 years old, I had one random thought that maybe I should start a blog. Mainly because I spent so much time on the internet. I have read pieces after pieces of content and thinking maybe I could try to do the same thing - which happens to be writing/ creating content. 

Well, whaddya know, I got myself a blog! I know it happened so fast and I remember all that falling snow effects, rainbow links, and overly cute and pink blogs and Blogskin?? OH MY GOD, it was the shit back then.

How Did I Begin Blogging?
Anyway, I think this is something worth mentioning. I know I said I started blogging mainly because I spent a gazillion portion of my time on the internet, right? Well, another half of it was me seeing a friend of mine posted boatloads of blog posts about her boyfriend. I honestly thought that was the 'shit' back then and there goes the thinking- "maybe I should do the same thing?"

And I started to do the same thing. I know. Homegirl is easily intrigued and influenced, so yeah. I started off pretty 'meh' and I mostly blogged about a day in my life, *cough* my not-so-exciting love life *cough* and that was basically it. The blog is like my virtual journal/ diary if you will. I have always loved writing back then during my school days guys, I write just about anything in my diary. And my diary has a quirky name. Haha! Good old days.

Fast forward to this day, I guess now I blog so that I could just simply write, share and exchange thoughts. And if I did retire from blogging one day, it's been my dream to tell my own kids that their mommy was a blogger. Apart from that, I love knowing awesome people in this world full of awesomeness. This is the space where I learned new things, where I made mistakes, where I knew a lot of cool bloggers etc.

What does blogging mean to me now?

Blogging has always been a hobby of mine. I know some people may think my hobby is an expensive hobby lol which it is. I sometimes buy makeup products so that I can form a review for you guys. But I never really mind if it really is one expensive hobby, I just want to write and share my thoughts. And I know deep inside it's not my time to shine yet. I don't trust myself to take blogging as a career just yet. But it would be great though to blog for a living.

After everything is said and done, can I just say that I am truly happy with my blog now? I have a blogging niche, I can reach up to 10k page views per month (though it does not much compare to other bloggers), I have known a bunch of lovely people that I never knew existed and the list can go on and on. I guess that's a wrap. I hope you enjoyed it. I want to write more often in the future and just be consistent despite my hectic college life because it is not just a blog :)
What is your blogging story? How did it all start?

32 comments

  1. hey lenne, i start a blog just to test my writing abilities.. i like reading blog but never dare to own one... so some sort of self challenging giteww... but its to topup my wallet in case of emergency too =)

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    1. hello zety! it's good to know how you started it all. keep it up and keep blogging gurl! i love your writings <3

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    2. Aw, you're being sweet hehe. thank you zety :)

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  2. I was introduced Blogger by one of my friend. Since then, I update almost everything about my life and love stories on my blog. Haha. I learned a lot of good things from being a Blogger, meet and make friends with new people and more. It feels so great!

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    1. ikr. been there. it was like nothing to talk about back then apart from our life and love LOL -_- btw, it's awesome to know that syaza! keep blogging :)

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  3. eh have pretty similar story as you on how i start blogging, hobi sebab spend too much time online lol

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    1. bila dah main internet je 24/7 confirm nak try benda2 baru kan, that's why lah buat blog LOL

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  4. Hi lenne.

    i used to have 3 blogs with a different purpose and i have deleted 2 of em so tinggal 1. Writing is not my passion but i love to keep all the memories of my life on something yg senang utk i baca balik. Dulu, ada boyfriend pun harus ada blog because i want to show him how i feel about our relationship. LOL, jiwang namatey. Then we broke up, kena la delete blog sekali sebab tak nak ingat cerita lama.

    Bila makin dewasa, rasa makin relaks. Blogging just for fun and sharing thoughts.
    That's all.

    You take care . =)
    xoxo

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    1. hi zhi! aw, been there done that LOL. why dulu i fikir people deserve to know everything about my love life haih. btw, good to know all that stuff zhi. keep blogging <3

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  5. Fatin start blogging sebab baru kenal dengan blogger2 famous time tu. Tengok blog diorang, macam eh best la pulak menaip entri kat blog ni. Tu yang terciptanya blog ni :)

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    1. ikr! dulu-dulu tengok orang buat blog post, rasa macam nak jugak buat blog post hehehe :D

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  6. Hai Lenne!! Azwar start berblog since form 5 lagi, pada awalnya memang story about myself, hometown, and share everything in my mind. Bila ada yang bagi respond, rasa best pula menaip.

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  7. Hi azwa! Woah, lama jugak eh dah berkecimpung dalam dunia blog hehe. Part orang bagi respond tu memang betul! :D

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  8. Hi Lenne ! Start ada rasa nak ada blog sendiri, dulu, sebab suka sangat menulis dan inspired dengan blogger2 yang blog diorang superb lawo. Tapi sekarang dah kurang nak menulis. Dan sekarang sebab dah sambung study, I cant find anyone yang saya boleh tell em everything so here comes the idea on start blogging again :) Plus, dlm berblogging i can make new friends :)

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    1. Hi shafiqa! you're right. kita ni easily inspired dengan blogger2 awesome kat luar sana hehe. me, myself pun macam tu dulu but in my case, my friend lah yg buat i rasa nak berblog. keep blogging aye, i love reading your blog!

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  9. hi lenne, eyja start blog masa form 4. masa tu duduk asrama, so blog ni mcm diary la kalau stress ke apa cite kt blog hahah ni semua influence dr kwn2 jugak sebab semua suka blogging time tuh.

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    1. Hi eyja! macam sama pulak kes kita ni, pape hal semua cite kat blog LOL. masa tu budak budak lg kot. best lah ada kawan yg suka berblog jugak sbb lenne tak banyak pun yg suke berblog ni, sorang dua je hehe

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  10. Gambateee! :D

    Me always that kind of lazy blogger, but now updating weekly, just for the sake to improve writing in english. hehe.

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    1. Woah, weekly huh? i only blog bila betul betul ada masa >< it's good for you btw, practice makes perfect :)

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  11. Loves blogging lifestyle so much ♡

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  12. bile masuk uni baru sedar blog not only ur diary life :3

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    1. yup, you can blog just about anything dah sekarang :)

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  13. so i baru start blogging since hbis f5,,bosn sgt,tu trfikir nk buat blog,tp x bebrapa mahir lg,newbie😂

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  14. I totally get you. Uni life can so hectic and fills with dateline. What got me into blogging is the idea of sharing and expressing. People use blog to express themselves...whether it is a love story, life update, List of things they want to achieve, or things they love, beauty tips, shopping haul, and so on. It is a platform where people open up and express themselves giving glimpse of their true-selves and i love blogs that i'm able to see their personality being put.

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    1. soooo true! bloglovin is my best friend if i want to read something that is worth reading. they are all inspires me, i wanna be like them.

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  15. started 100% blogging about personal life. baca balik entry lama-lama, feel like nak gelak kat diri sendiri, dengan bahasanya... hahaha. goin to delete all that. lol. and I'm trying to improve my blog. hope I can^^

    I love your blog anyway. hehehe

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    1. me too! it was all about me back then and when i tried to re-read them all, i cringed lol. that's why i deleted my older blog and thank god i did it. best jugak rasanya like you have to start all over again kan, start from the bottom and rasa fresh gitu hehe.

      btw thanks Edrina! x

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