I often write about a place I am visiting or living in, but I am not one to tell you what to do or see. Sometimes, if I visit a place and enjoy something, I recommend you visit.
Yet, the listicles and top 10 places to visit while traveling are torturous to write about. I do not enjoy them, and if I read them, I skim over what the author has written and only want the names of a place. Instead, I would write about one place at a time and how I felt, what I saw, and what I loved about it vs the previous.
Yet I know thousands of bloggers focus on listicles because they are popular, they get read, and in turn, the blogger receives ad revenue when you are on their page. I could make a PDF of places for you to visit in Colombia; that is more tangible to me.
It is also my theme here; I write stories from wherever I am. My life, struggles, and travels: not in any specific way. Whatever I chose that day.
One day, it can be happy, sad, angry, annoyed, or any feelings. Depends on what I am feeling. As I am a true INFP (Introverted, Intuitive, Feeling, and Prospecting).
Some days, I am irritated at life; those articles often do better than one about happiness, which I find interesting after writing probably over 500 articles.
The ones that do best are always the ones everyone says; write more of those. Yet how many can I write about one thing? Boring!
However, I do have an objective: Inspiration.
To inspire one person with my crazy life.
I want to return to my daily writings, which will be more like a letter to my friend.
I write to you as if I would write to my friends back home, to tell you about my life and what I am experiencing now. The grammar is not always great and a bit off-kilter 99.9% of the time.
Sometimes, it is a bit all over, and other days, maybe it is a ¨You Must Visit¨ because I write how I talk; if you want advice, I will give it to you, but also, I like to have context.
Most of my writings are inspired by what I am going through but not by anyone or anything specific. I want to encourage one person to do that one thing that scares them.
It is also how I do my videos; most people ask me questions, and I will answer them in a video. I love feedback and questions because I always have a million ideas, but knowing what one person wants to know helps me focus on that one thing.
My brain never stops running, which is why my fingers can type fast, but I am already five steps ahead of this sentence. I can’t help it.
I was born this way, and after years of trying not to be who I am, I have essentially settled into this. This is how my brain works, and I am learning to work with it instead of against it.
Things happen in life that always make you question what you are doing. At least, I wonder daily what I am doing.
My blog is a living piece of my brain, which, some days, is a brain dump; other days, it’s more thought-out. This means I have written the article before I get out of bed; in my head, I simply have to transcribe it.
A never-ending flow of ideas; however, some days, I get into analysis paralysis due to not knowing which string to pull. Is this the string I tell you about why I am here, or the string that wants to tell you a story about what I saw in the town the other day?
Who knows.
What was today?
Just a bit of the thought behind my writings: I should start writing Dear John, like when I read Dear Abby, but hers were questions and answers; if you have a question and answer, I can write you a Dear Lola letter.
That could be fun.
I am writing to explore my creativity today. A little peek into how my functional and nonfunctional brain works today.
Yet I am a bit distracted by the white sheet blowing out of the corner of my left eye as the sun attempts to get through. And the sound of my computer gently humming while I tap tap tap away at the keys; not another sound except for the birds, the breeze, and the hum.
Plus, I want to practice the art of Not Giving a F**k.
XOXO
S