Curious title don't you think? Trust me; I too spent some time wondering how this is a fitting title for a tech blog post. However, there was no letting go; once the idea for this title popped into my head. So I decided to use it as the title of my first post. I reckoned I could use it to set the bar high for myself - and also as some sort of prophetic declaration - that some years down the line, I will be able to say "I blogged, I conquered" with a lot more confidence.
I had wanted to start this blog a long time ago (as far back as the beginning of 2022) but I got in my way by overthinking a lot of things. First, I spent an inordinate amount of time wondering how the blog would be received. Then I agonized for an even greater amount of time about what I would be writing about. Most laughable was how I was determined to do it in a "special way". I started out wanting to "build my site from scratch" and even started taking web development courses, but then I quickly realized that if I was going to wait till I finished the courses before launching the blog I might have to wait till 2023 at the earliest. Then I played around with "Hugo" for a while before finally coming to the realization that all I have been doing was digging myself down a rabbit hole with nothing to show for it (actually I had some help reaching this point of clarity, I got great advice from people like Ayo Oladejo, Jorge Arteiro and Robin Smorenburg). So I decided to chuck all the distractions and face my actual goal of blogging.
And here I am. Blogging.
So while this is definitely not a technical blog post, it was my way of overcoming the initial resistance and getting the ball rolling. You know how they say, "the first step is always the most important" or that "it doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to get done", "do it afraid" etc etc...
Now that I have my first post out of the way, I hope that this journey I have started will gather momentum and that this blog will be of immense benefit to me and everyone who reads my posts.
Welcome to my blog!