Not a week goes by that I don't tell myself: Isabella, sign off from Facebook. This is taking far too much of your time and I know you can survive without it for a while." I cannot actually count how many times I came up with a random new password and wrote it down on a tiny piece of paper, closing my eyes before throwing it somewhere in my messy room, hoping to never find it again. Well, turns out that I have always found it!
After realizing that I'm never going to delete my Facebook nor stop using the other ones (lets include Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, LinkedIn, etc...) for at least a couple hours on a daily basis, I decided to create a blog instead! After all, having one more little distraction shouldn't be that bad, right? Anyway, I decided to have a blog because of a couple reasons.
First, I do regret myself for only now coming up with this idea. Looking back on my life, the last 5 or 6 years represented a timeframe where literally thousands of things happened to me, a number of mistakes were made and a LOT of accomplishments and events have caused me to become what I am today. I'm afraid, though, that some of these life events are, at some point, going to fade away from my memory, and I really don't want to let that happen. I want to get to my 30s, 40s or even 50s and rely on some sort of source where I can refer back to and remember what kinds of things I did, the places I went, the situations and experiences I was going through and what kinds of thoughts I had in mind when I was younger.
Second, it took me a while to realize that, but after coming to a different country, the long distance was making me lose contact with my closest friends and family. Technology has greatly helped me maintain the few (but immensely important) relationships I left behind, but the not so frequent talks and news updates, coupled with everyone's busy schedules were creating a huge communication barrier between us. I still wanna make them aware of whatever might be going on with me, as well as what my stories and moves are, and hopefully this blog will help me close this gap a little bit.
Lastly, I like writing! I guess I enjoy reading more than I do when I'm writing, but writing (about whatever comes to mind or about something that I feel like I HAVE to write) stills gives me enough pleasure and state of peace when I need it. I will be doing so in English as I believe more people will get to understand my next posts and as a way to keep practicing the language once I leave college.
Alright, I better go now. Last days of classes are always intense. Study time. Uhn, perhaps!
Isa
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