Hi, it's me

Hi, :) I missed this side of the internet. It's been years since I've opened Blogger, and seeing this blank draft page makes my heart jump with excitement. Excitement for creating something new. Excitement to start writing again. Oh, the possibilities!

I have been caught up with life. Every day life in the province of a 31-year-old who has remote work and an online side hustle would seem slow and boring, but it's the minute details that consume most of my time. I've been doing my hobbies, and over the years, I've collected a lot of them. I got a Nintendo Switch and got into cozy gaming. I learned how to make scented candles and read a lot of books, graphic novels, fanfiction, and webtoons. I watched so many TV shows and movies, and I worked out as regularly as I could. And when I'm not doing any of those, I laze around and sleep. I've been taking care of myself these days, and it has been great. And though I stopped bullet journaling, I still kept a normal journal. Oh, and I have been reading the Bible. 

I hadn't thought about blogging until a few days ago. I received an email that my blog domain was expiring, and I had second thoughts about renewing it. It costs about $18 for a year, and if I am not actively blogging anymore, what is the use of renewing? I thought about letting it go and just having the .blogspot.com that goes with this free platform. But I renewed at the last minute because I know in myself that if I were to let go of it, I would regret it.

And that ultimately led me to open this space again and just try to gauge what feelings it would give me. As mentioned earlier, I have been reading a lot, more so this year. And while I am in 3 book tracking apps (Goodreads, Storygraph, and Fable), I have been itching to make reviews again for my book thoughts. I post on Instagram about some of my thoughts, but it's different when you have a whole site to yourself. I wanted to share about my readings again. I want to talk about the books that gagged me, saddened me, or angered me. And to think about it, this was my main motivation that pushed me to create a blog so many years ago. The Random Bibliophile was made so I could share my love for books and for anything in between. And while I got lost for some time, I think I found my way again.

I'm excited. But I also have doubts. Doubts about myself if I can still write like I used to. Impostor syndrome is very real, and I think that's one of the reasons why I stopped writing. Today, I am starting fresh. While this blog grew into a mishmash of things about my life in the past couple of years, I am planning to revert it back into the way it was before. Books foremost and then some. 

Happy to be back!

A Little me time at a quaint little cafe