# I came, I blogged, I conquered...

  
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!